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


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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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The Carolina Bird Club Bird Records Committees

The official lists of the birds of North and South Carolina are maintained by the Bird Records Committees of the respective states. The current lists are presented in the links below.

The Birds of North Carolinaweb page Excel spreadsheet CSV spreadsheet
The Birds of South Carolinaweb page Excel spreadsheet CSV spreadsheet
The Birds of the Carolinasweb page Excel spreadsheet CSV spreadsheet
North Carolina review listweb page Excel spreadsheet CSV spreadsheet
South Carolina review listweb page Excel spreadsheet CSV spreadsheet
Carolinas review listweb page Excel spreadsheet CSV spreadsheet

Yearly summaries of Bird Records Committee annual reports

Submit a Rare Bird Report: If you have seen a bird that has a notation in the “review status” column of your state's bird list (above), please report your sighting here.

Recent and current reports to the North Carolina Bird Records Committee

Recent and current reports to the South Carolina Bird Records Committee

Bylaws of the North Carolina Bird Records Committee

Bylaws of the South Carolina Bird Records Committee

Bird Records Committee annual reports are published in The Chat. Contents of the reports can be searched in the Chat online database.

North Carolina
Records Committee

Chair

Ed Corey
Raleigh, NC
(Term through 2025)
Email

Members

Term through 2024

Jacob Farmer
Raleigh, NC

Ryan Justice
Raleigh, NC

Dwayne Martin
Hickory, NC

Term through 2025

Brian O'Shea
Raleigh, NC

Sam Cooper
Wilmington, NC

Nate Swick
Greensboro, NC

Term through 2026

Andrew Thornton
Julian, NC

Non-voting Members

Ricky Davis
Rocky Mount, NC

Harry LeGrand, Jr.
Raleigh, NC

South Carolina
Records Committee

Chair

Matt Johnson
North Charleston, SC
(Term through 2025)
Email

Members

Term through 2025

Amy Tegeler
Columbia, SC

Wendy Allen
Georgetown, SC

Term through 2026

Brad Dalton
Williamston, SC

Chris Hill
Conway, SC

Shawn Smolen-Morton
Florence, SC

Term through 2027

Steve Patterson
Anderson, SC

Irvin Pitts
Lexington, SC

Aaron Given
Charleston, SC

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