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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 Goldsboro Wastewater Treatment Plant

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

September 4

2Wood Duck
35Blue-winged Teal
6Northern Shoveler
12Mallard
1Mourning Dove
3American Coot
1Black-bellied Plover
1Killdeer
5Semipalmated Plover
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Greater Yellowlegs
15Least Sandpiper
2Black Tern
7Little Blue Heron
1Snowy Egret
6Great Egret
5Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
4American Crow
8Red-winged Blackbird
1Northern Cardinal
1Ruddy Duck
2Semipalmated Sandpiper
3Pied-billed Grebe
1Anhinga
2Double-crested Cormorant
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Belted Kingfisher
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1White-eyed Vireo
1Carolina Chickadee
4Barn Swallow
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
3Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
1American Redstart
3Blue Grosbeak

September 3

10Canada Goose
6Wood Stork
1Green Heron
3Downy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
2Eastern Phoebe
3Eastern Kingbird
2Red-eyed Vireo
3Fish Crow
1Eastern Bluebird
2American Goldfinch
1Chipping Sparrow
1Chestnut-sided Warbler
3Pine Warbler
4Stilt Sandpiper

September 1

1Pectoral Sandpiper
1Blue Jay
3Green-winged Teal
1Baird's Sandpiper
1Great Blue Heron
1Northern Flicker

August 31

2Short-billed Dowitcher
2Ruddy Turnstone
1Common Yellowthroat
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
3Red-necked Phalarope
1Solitary Sandpiper
3Red-headed Woodpecker
1Yellow-throated Warbler
1Summer Tanager
1Sanderling
1European Starling
2Wild Turkey
2Tufted Titmouse
2Black-and-white Warbler
1Indigo Bunting