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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.

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Recent reports from Hunting Island SP

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

May 13

7Black Scoter
6Mourning Dove
4Chimney Swift
2American Oystercatcher
1Black-bellied Plover
1Wilson's Plover
1Willet
8Red Knot
2Least Sandpiper
8Semipalmated Sandpiper
4Laughing Gull
2Least Tern
1Forster's Tern
6Royal Tern
1Tricolored Heron
1Snowy Egret
1Great Egret
1Brown Pelican
2Osprey
1Red-tailed Hawk
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
2Great Crested Flycatcher
1Blue Jay
2Fish Crow
3Carolina Chickadee
3Tufted Titmouse
5Barn Swallow
3Brown-headed Nuthatch
2Carolina Wren
2Northern Mockingbird
1Eastern Bluebird
4House Finch
1Red-winged Blackbird
2Brown-headed Cowbird
1Common Yellowthroat
1Pine Warbler
1Yellow-throated Warbler
6Northern Cardinal
5Painted Bunting

May 12

1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
10Semipalmated Plover
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Ring-billed Gull
4Double-crested Cormorant
1Belted Kingfisher
1American Crow
1White-breasted Nuthatch
3Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
4Cedar Waxwing
1Northern Yellow Warbler
1Blackpoll Warbler

May 11

1Rock Pigeon
2Sanderling
5Sandwich Tern
1Green Heron
1Turkey Vulture
1Northern Parula
1Indigo Bunting
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Brown Thrasher
2Wood Duck
2Killdeer
1Great Blue Heron
1Black Vulture
1Bald Eagle
3House Sparrow
1Baltimore Oriole
4Boat-tailed Grackle
2Hudsonian Whimbrel
6Purple Martin
1American Tree Sparrow

May 10

1Eastern Kingbird
1White-eyed Vireo
1Gray-cheeked Thrush
4American Redstart
1Summer Tanager
1Blue Grosbeak
1Anhinga
1Red-eyed Vireo
1Northern Waterthrush

May 9

1Chuck-will's-widow
2Black Skimmer
2Black-crowned Night Heron

May 8

1Wood Stork
1Little Blue Heron
10Marsh Wren
25Dunlin
2Common Grackle

May 7

1Gray Catbird
1American Robin