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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 Santee NWR -- Pine Island Unit (fall and winter restricted access)

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

May 5

13Wood Duck
5Mourning Dove
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
11Common Gallinule
2Killdeer
2Forster's Tern
6Pied-billed Grebe
13Anhinga
5Double-crested Cormorant
2White Ibis
2Green Heron
6Great Egret
3Great Blue Heron
4Black Vulture
9Turkey Vulture
8Osprey
2Bald Eagle
2Red-tailed Hawk
1Barred Owl
2Red-headed Woodpecker
5Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Downy Woodpecker
1Hairy Woodpecker
2Pileated Woodpecker
4Eastern Wood-Pewee
5Great Crested Flycatcher
10Eastern Kingbird
2White-eyed Vireo
1Red-eyed Vireo
3Blue Jay
5American Crow
2Fish Crow
3Carolina Chickadee
8Tufted Titmouse
70Tree Swallow
4Brown-headed Nuthatch
6Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Sedge Wren
5Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
2Northern Mockingbird
4Eastern Bluebird
3Chipping Sparrow
4Eastern Towhee
2Yellow-breasted Chat
6Orchard Oriole
41Red-winged Blackbird
3Brown-headed Cowbird
3Common Grackle
7Boat-tailed Grackle
1Northern Waterthrush
1Prothonotary Warbler
8Common Yellowthroat
3Northern Parula
5Pine Warbler
4Summer Tanager
8Northern Cardinal
3Blue Grosbeak
1Indigo Bunting
3Painted Bunting

May 3

4Solitary Sandpiper
2Least Bittern
6Little Blue Heron
1Brown Thrasher
2Savannah Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Yellow-rumped Warbler