Carolina Bird Club

Carolina Bird Club

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About the Club

Mission Statement

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

To promote the observation, enjoyment, and study of birds.
To provide opportunities for birders to become acquainted, and to share information and experience.
To maintain well-documented records of birds in the Carolinas.
To support the protection and conservation of birds and their habitats and foster an appreciation and respect of natural resources.
To promote educational opportunities in bird and nature study.
To support research on birds of the Carolinas and their habitats.

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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.

The Club provides this website to all for free.

By becoming a member, you support the activities of the Club, receive reduced registration fee for meetings, can participate in bonus field trips, and receive our publications.

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Recent reports from Bear Island WMA (fall and winter restricted access)

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

April 25

9	Blue-winged Teal ✓
7	Mottled Duck ✓
2	Pied-billed Grebe ✓
1	Eurasian Collared-Dove ✓
3	Mourning Dove ✓
1	Clapper Rail ✓
10	Common Gallinule ✓
1	American Coot ✓
7	Black-necked Stilt ✓
6	Black-bellied Plover ✓
1	Killdeer ✓
200	Semipalmated Plover ✓
44	Lesser Yellowlegs ✓
1	Willet ✓
8	Greater Yellowlegs ✓
100	Dunlin ✓
50	Least Sandpiper ✓
1	Bonaparte's Gull ✓
9	Laughing Gull ✓
17	Black Skimmer ✓
5	Gull-billed Tern ✓
3	Forster's Tern ✓
2	Double-crested Cormorant ✓
4	Least Bittern ✓
3	Tricolored Heron ✓
75	Snowy Egret ✓
1	Green Heron ✓
16	Great Egret ✓
1	Great Blue Heron ✓
60	Glossy Ibis ✓
6	Turkey Vulture ✓
1	Osprey ✓
1	Bald Eagle ✓
1	Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1	Belted Kingfisher ✓
1	Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1	Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
3	Great Crested Flycatcher ✓
5	Eastern Kingbird ✓
3	White-eyed Vireo ✓
3	Blue Jay ✓
1	American Crow ✓
1	Fish Crow ✓
1	Tufted Titmouse ✓
150	Tree Swallow ✓
1	Barn Swallow ✓
1	Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
4	Carolina Wren ✓
3	European Starling ✓
2	Brown Thrasher ✓
2	Northern Mockingbird ✓
3	Eastern Bluebird ✓
4	Savannah Sparrow ✓
1	Bobolink ✓
4	Orchard Oriole ✓
40	Red-winged Blackbird ✓
2	Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
10	Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
3	Common Yellowthroat ✓
3	Pine Warbler ✓
1	Yellow-throated Warbler ✓
5	Northern Cardinal ✓
1	Indigo Bunting ✓
2	Painted Bunting ✓

April 23

1	Spotted Sandpiper ✓
1	Anhinga ✓
2	Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1	Marsh Wren ✓
1	Eastern Towhee ✓
1	Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓

April 20

1	Wood Duck ✓
3	Lesser Scaup ✓
1	Sora ✓
1	American Golden-Plover ✓
12	Short-billed Dowitcher ✓
1	Long-billed Dowitcher ✓
2	Stilt Sandpiper ✓
2	Semipalmated Sandpiper ✓
2	Western Cattle Egret ✓
3	Northern Harrier ✓
2	Carolina Chickadee ✓
3	Purple Martin ✓
2	Chipping Sparrow ✓
1	White-throated Sparrow ✓
5	Common Grackle ✓
1	Northern Parula ✓
2	Blue Grosbeak ✓
1	Virginia Rail ✓
5	Western Sandpiper ✓
1	Royal Tern ✓
1	Wood Stork ✓
2	Black-crowned Night Heron ✓
1	Black Vulture ✓
1	Mississippi Kite ✓
2	Red-headed Woodpecker ✓

April 19

2	Mallard ✓
1	Marbled Godwit ✓
1	Solitary Sandpiper ✓
1	Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1	Pileated Woodpecker ✓
1	Swamp Sparrow ✓
2	Downy Woodpecker ✓
1	Peregrine Falcon ✓
1	White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
4	Gray Catbird ✓
1	Summer Tanager ✓