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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Other Resources (NOT sponsored by Carolina Bird Club)

The Chat Volume 32 Number 3 (September 1968)

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Front Matter

Cover of The Chat Volume 32 Number 3 (September 1968) Cover: Purple Martin photograph by Linn E. Joy

Table of Contents

Contents

Editorial: New Faces 53

1967 Breeding Bird Survey at Chapel Hill, N.C. Wiley B. Sanders 54

News and Comments 56

Birdwatchers' Roundtable 57

Conservation and the Carolinas 59

Carolina Birds and Birders 61

Spring Bird Count—1968 Eloise Potter 65

General Field Notes 76

An Early Unrecorded European Widgeon Specimen from North Carolina Donald S. Heintzelman 76

Spotted Sandpipers Breeding Near Southern Pines, N.C. Jay Carter 77

Wilson's Phalarope at Raleigh, N.C. Robert J. Hader 77

Prothonotary Warbler Nesting in Anderson County, S.C. Adair M. Tedards 77

Clay-colored Sparrow at Columbia, S.C. Marcus B. Simpson Jr. 78

Removal of Harris' Sparrow from the Hypothetical List for South Carolina Jay Shuler 78

Briefs for the Files 79

Back Matter

Carolina Bird Club

The Purple Martin cover photograph was taken by Linn E. Joy and is used by courtesy of the News Bureau at Wingate College, Wingate, N.C. Another martin photo by Mr. Joy appears in "Carolina Birds and Birders" accompanying a feature article by James S. Fletcher of the Win- gate College Science Department.

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