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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 Carolina Beach State Park

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

May 16

11Mallard
3Semipalmated Plover
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Solitary Sandpiper
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Greater Yellowlegs
2Stilt Sandpiper
1White-rumped Sandpiper
10Least Sandpiper
10Western Sandpiper
20Semipalmated Sandpiper
2Laughing Gull
2Snowy Egret
1Great Egret
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
2Great Crested Flycatcher
1Red-eyed Vireo
2Blue Jay
5American Crow
3Carolina Chickadee
2Tufted Titmouse
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow
3Brown-headed Nuthatch
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
3Chipping Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
1Brown-headed Cowbird
1Common Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat
3Pine Warbler
2Northern Cardinal

May 15

3Mourning Dove
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
5Royal Tern
3Brown Pelican
6Tricolored Heron
8White Ibis
2Red-shouldered Hawk
8Red-headed Woodpecker
6Fish Crow
1Brown Thrasher
2Eastern Bluebird
2House Finch
2American Redstart
4Yellow-throated Warbler
8Summer Tanager
2Indigo Bunting
3Painted Bunting

May 13

2Canada Goose
XChimney Swift
XRing-billed Gull
1Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1Hairy Woodpecker
1Purple Martin
4Barn Swallow
XGray Catbird
XRed-winged Blackbird
XBoat-tailed Grackle
2Sandwich Tern
1American Robin

May 12

1Black Vulture
1Cooper's Hawk
1Acadian Flycatcher
1Northern Parula
1Yellow Warbler
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Little Blue Heron
1Caspian Tern
1Mississippi Kite
1Green Heron
1European Starling
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
3Blue Grosbeak

May 11

1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
2Black-necked Stilt
2Killdeer
1Great Blue Heron
1Glossy Ibis
1Prothonotary Warbler
1Red-tailed Hawk