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The Carolina Bird Club is a non-profit organization that represents and supports the birding community in the Carolinas through its website, publications, meetings, workshops, trips, and partnerships, whose mission is


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The Carolina Bird Club, Inc., is a non-profit educational and scientific association open to anyone interested in the study and conservation of wildlife, particularly birds.

The Club meets each winter, spring, and fall at different locations in the Carolinas. Meeting sites are selected to give participants an opportunity to see many different kinds of birds. Guided field trips and informative programs are combined for an exciting weekend of meeting with people who share an enthusiasm and concern for birds.

The Club offers research grants in avian biology for undergraduate and graduate students, and scholarships for young birders.

The Club publishes two print publications (now also available online). The Chat is a quarterly ornithological journal that contains scientific articles, reports of bird records committees and bird counts, and general field notes on bird sightings. CBC Newsletter is published bimonthly and includes birding articles and information about meetings, field trips, and Club news.

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Recent reports from Caw Caw Interpretive Center

Only the most recent report per species is shown. Some reports may be pending verification.

June 28

1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2Anhinga
3Little Blue Heron
3Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
5Turkey Vulture
3Swallow-tailed Kite
4Mississippi Kite
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1American Crow
3Carolina Chickadee
2Tufted Titmouse
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
3Carolina Wren
10Red-winged Blackbird
3Brown-headed Cowbird
3Northern Parula
3Northern Cardinal
2Painted Bunting

June 27

4Mourning Dove
1Laughing Gull
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
2Black Vulture
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Downy Woodpecker
2Acadian Flycatcher
3Great Crested Flycatcher
4White-eyed Vireo
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Brown Thrasher
3Northern Mockingbird
1Prothonotary Warbler
2Common Yellowthroat
2Yellow-throated Warbler
3Summer Tanager
1Blue Grosbeak
3Indigo Bunting
1Bald Eagle
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Boat-tailed Grackle
1Pine Warbler
1Wood Stork
1Eastern Bluebird
1Orchard Oriole
2Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Green Heron
1Western Cattle-Egret
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
1Yellow-throated Vireo
1Barn Swallow
2Clapper Rail
1Common Gallinule
1Tricolored Heron
1Snowy Egret
1Osprey
1Red-eyed Vireo
3Purple Martin
1American Robin
4Common Grackle

June 26

XBrown-headed Nuthatch

June 24

1Chimney Swift
3White Ibis
1Red-tailed Hawk
1House Finch
1Killdeer
1Red-headed Woodpecker
1Eastern Kingbird

June 23

1Marsh Wren