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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.

July 15

5Mourning Dove
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
3Clapper Rail
1Common Gallinule
1Killdeer
1Anhinga
1White Ibis
3Yellow-crowned Night Heron
1Black-crowned Night Heron
2Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
2Snowy Egret
2Green Heron
9Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
5Turkey Vulture
2Swallow-tailed Kite
1Bald Eagle
4Mississippi Kite
1Belted Kingfisher
3Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Downy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
2Eastern Wood-Pewee
4Great Crested Flycatcher
2American Crow
20Carolina Chickadee
15Tufted Titmouse
2Barn Swallow
1White-breasted Nuthatch
3Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Marsh Wren
3Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
2Eastern Bluebird
1Eastern Towhee
29Red-winged Blackbird
3Common Grackle
1Boat-tailed Grackle
2Common Yellowthroat
2Northern Parula
1Summer Tanager
5Northern Cardinal
1Indigo Bunting
6Painted Bunting

July 14

1White-eyed Vireo

July 12

1Chuck-will's-widow
1Black-necked Stilt
4Ring-billed Gull
2Forster's Tern
1Royal Tern
1Pied-billed Grebe
1Glossy Ibis
2Roseate Spoonbill
1Western Cattle-Egret
2Brown Pelican
1Black Vulture
1Osprey
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Acadian Flycatcher
1Blue Jay
1Prothonotary Warbler
1Pine Warbler

July 11

5Laughing Gull
1Red-headed Woodpecker
1Greater Yellowlegs
1Northern Flicker
1Yellow-throated Vireo
1Red-eyed Vireo
1House Finch
1Wood Stork
1Least Bittern
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
2Brown-headed Cowbird