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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 3

2Mourning Dove
1Royal Tern
1Anhinga
1White Ibis
5Yellow-crowned Night Heron
1Snowy Egret
4Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
5Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1Swallow-tailed Kite
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Red-headed Woodpecker
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
2Acadian Flycatcher
1Great Crested Flycatcher
3White-eyed Vireo
1Blue Jay
2American Crow
1White-breasted Nuthatch
4Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
3Carolina Wren
6Red-winged Blackbird
2Common Grackle
2Northern Cardinal
2Yellow-billed Cuckoo
2Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Black Vulture
1Mississippi Kite
2Downy Woodpecker
2Carolina Chickadee
4Tufted Titmouse
1Northern Parula
2Pine Warbler
2Yellow-throated Warbler
4Chimney Swift
2Laughing Gull
7Wood Stork
1Tricolored Heron
1Yellow-throated Vireo
2Barn Swallow
1Northern Mockingbird
1Orchard Oriole
6Brown-headed Cowbird
2Boat-tailed Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat
1Summer Tanager
4Painted Bunting

June 2

5Brown-headed Nuthatch
3Eastern Bluebird
2Indigo Bunting
11Clapper Rail
1American Coot
2Least Bittern
1Little Blue Heron
1Green Heron
3Eastern Wood-Pewee
1Eastern Kingbird
1Fish Crow
2Tree Swallow
1Brown Thrasher
4House Finch
1Blue Grosbeak

May 31

1Prothonotary Warbler