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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 Headquarters Plantation Drive

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

August 26

XBlack-bellied Plover
XSemipalmated Plover
XLeast Sandpiper
XLaughing Gull
1Wood Stork
XLittle Blue Heron
XTricolored Heron
XSnowy Egret
XGreat Egret
1Great Blue Heron

August 25

5Mallard
2Rock Pigeon
3Chimney Swift
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
3Clapper Rail
6Black-necked Stilt
27Short-billed Dowitcher
1Wilson's Phalarope
1Lesser Yellowlegs
3Willet
2Greater Yellowlegs
5Sanderling
21Western Sandpiper
1Anhinga
18White Ibis
8Roseate Spoonbill
1Green Heron
1Osprey
6American Crow
18Barn Swallow
1Carolina Wren
1Seaside Sparrow
6Red-winged Blackbird
2Boat-tailed Grackle
2Common Yellowthroat
3Western Cattle-Egret
6Dunlin
1Ring-billed Gull
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Red-tailed Hawk
2Tree Swallow
2Killdeer
8Semipalmated Sandpiper

August 24

9Hudsonian Whimbrel
4Stilt Sandpiper
2Pectoral Sandpiper
XMourning Dove
1Spotted Sandpiper
XTurkey Vulture
1Marsh Wren
XNorthern Cardinal

August 23

2Black Vulture
1American Coot

August 21

22Canada Goose
20Marbled Godwit
1American Oystercatcher
1Glossy Ibis
1Northern Mockingbird

August 19

1Solitary Sandpiper
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
2Black-crowned Night Heron
1Reddish Egret
1Swallow-tailed Kite
1Cooper's Hawk
2Mississippi Kite