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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North Carolina Christmas Bird Counts and South Carolina Christmas Bird Counts

Take part in National Audubon's 125th Christmas Bird Count this season.The count period runs each year from December 14 through January 5. Look through the list of counts below and join the fun! If you'd like to participate in a count, contact the organizer listed in the table. (Click on their name to get their email address.) Christmas Bird Counts are an excellent chance to join fellow birders of all experience levels, and allow you to participate in a tradition that dates back to 1900! And there is no longer any fee for participation!

If you are a count coordinator and also a Carolina Bird Club member, you can login and update your count information yourself. Enter here

To locate a count in your area, look at the map of all Christmas Bird Counts in the Carolinas. If you are interested in participating in one of these counts, click on the coordinator's name to get their email address.

If you are a count coordinator and your count is not listed here, or you need to change contact information or register a new count, please email Kent Fiala. You can also send me any date changes or corrections, or you can make them yourself via the link on the right.

Learn about the Christmas Bird Count at the official Audubon site, at wikipedia, or everywhere.

This year's dates for the counts below have not yet been received. Contact information, if any, is a year or more out of date. Closer to count season, you may also be able to find contact information by looking up a count at Audubon's Christmas Bird Count page.
Ace Basin, SC  mapNote
Aiken, SCCalvin Zippler803 508-0692map 
Alamance County, NCKen Lady map 
Alligator River N.W.R., NCJeff Lewis252-216-6336mapNote
Augusta, GALois Stacey803-215-1594map 
Balsam, NCDon Hendershot map 
Bodie-Pea Island, NCJeff Lewis, Al Hooks252-216-6336, 919-795-7575mapNote
Brevard, NCMary Freudenberg map 
Buncombe County, NCTom Tribble map 
Camp Lejeune, NCEmily Gaydos mapNote
Cape Hatteras, NCPatricia Moore252-995-4777mapNote
Carolina Sandhills N.W.R., SCNancy Jordan843-307-2387mapNote
Catawba Valley, NCDwayne Martin, Lori Owenby828-234-6041map 
Central Beaufort County, NCKevin O'Kane252-946-3003map 
Chapel Hill, NCWill Cook919-949-3678mapNote
Charleston, SCJennifer McCarthey Tyrrell map 
Charlotte, NCMatthew Withrow map 
Clemson, SCJ.Drew Lanham map 
Columbia, SCHilda Flamholtz, Steve Dennis803-269-2845mapNote
Congaree Swamp, SCJohn Grego, Kathleen O'Grady803-331-3366, 803-315-4199mapNote
Cumberland County, NCBrian Bockhahn919-676-1027map 
Danville, VALaura Meder map 
Durham, NCJeff Pippen, Jacob Socolar919.801.0662, 919.636.0326mapNote
Edisto Island, SCTom Austin mapNote
Falls Lake, NCBrian Bockhahn919-676-1027mapNote
Four Holes Swamp, SCMatt Johnson(843) 487-9988mapNote
Franklin, NCRita St. Clair mapNote
Gastonia, NCSteve Tracy704-853-0654mapNote
Grandfather Mountain, NCJesse Pope, Judi Sawyer828-733-2013map 
Greensboro, NCElizabeth Link336-273-4672map 
Greenville, NCHoward Vainright252-752-3203map 
Hanging Rock S.P., NCJean Chamberlain336-983-6543mapNote
Haw River S.P., NCBrian Bockhahn map 
Henderson County, NCKevin Burke828-697-6628map 
Highlands Plateau, NCBrock Hutchins770-486-3715map 
Hilton Head Island, SCSusan Murphy map 
Holly Shelter & Lea-Hutaff I, NCCarson Wood910-859-9425map 
Hot Springs, NCMark Hopey828-736-1217map 
Iredell County, NCRon Underwood828-632-4739mapNote
James Island, SCKathy Woolsey map 
Jordan Lake, NCTom Driscoll, Norman Budnitz919-636-0482map 
Keowee, SCStephen Schutt map 
Kerr Lake, NCBrian Bockhahn919-676-1027map 
Kitty Hawk, NCJeff Lewis, Al Hooks252-216-6336mapNote
Lake Lure, NCMike Resch mapNote
Lake Wateree, SCLex Glover803.603.6461mapNote
Lewis Ocean Bay H.P. - Waccamaw River, SCSudie Thomas map 
Litchfield-Pawleys Island, SCChris Hill843-465-6867mapNote
Long Cane, SCJoyce Foster, Steve Patterson mapNote
Lowcountry, SCBuddy Campbell843-252-8025map 
Lower Saluda, SCKent Bedenbaugh803.463.5872mapNote
Mattamuskeet N.W.R., NCMarc Ribaudo703-498-8962mapNote
McClellanville, SCNathan Dias mapNote
Morehead City, NCJohn Fussell252-342-0169mapNote
Mount Jefferson, NCGuy McGrane828.266.8536mapNote
Mount Rogers-White Top Mountain, VAAllen Boynton276-677-4121map 
New Bern, NCWade Fuller252.229.8012mapNote
New River, NCLisa Benish map 
North Greenville, SCDenise DuPon mapNote
Ocracoke Island, NCPeter Vankevich202-468-2871mapNote
Pamlico County, NCDiane Midness, Liz Lathrop646 662 8346, 252-249-2646mapNote
Pee Dee Area, SCShawn Smolen-Morton765-252-9759mapNote
Pee Dee N.W.R., NCJudy Walker map 
Pettigrew S.P., NCCharlotte Davis, Ed Corey mapNote
Pilot Mountain, NCBrian Bockhahn map 
Pinewood, SCHutch Collins803-361-2411map 
Portsmouth Island, NCPeter Vankevich202-468-2871mapNote
Raleigh, NCBrian O'Shea mapNote
Raven Rock S.P., NCErik Thomas919-880-7809mapNote
Roan Mountain, TNRick Knight423-282-5297map 
Roanoke Rapids, NCAnn Brice(252) 373-0326mapNote
Rockingham County, NCBrian Bockhahn map 
Rocky Mount, NCBrian Bockhahn919-676-1027map 
Rocky River, SCAndy Norris mapNote
Santee N.W.R., SCNathan Dias mapNote
Savannah, GALarry Carlile912-927-6726map 
Savannah River Site, SCMark Vukovich mapNote
Sea Islands, SCAaron Given mapNote
Southern Lake Norman, NCTaylor Piephoff704-808-0529map 
Southern Pines, NCJesse Grantham, John Bird805-746-0975, 843-544-5277mapNote
Southport-Bald Head-Oak Islands, NCRon Clark704-860-4469map 
Spartanburg, SCLyle Campbell864-585-1228mapNote
Stone Mountain, NCGuy McGrane828.266.8536mapNote
Sun City-Okatie, SCAndy Jones map 
Upper Yadkin River Valley, NCGuy McGrane828.266.8536mapNote
Wayne County, NCMae Howell919-580-8330mapNote
Wilmington, NCSam Cooper910-617-2001mapNote
Winston-Salem, NCJohnathon Barnett, Ann Robertson mapNote
Winyah Bay, SCLex Glover803-603-6461mapNote
Yancey County-Burnsville, NCKat Dunham828-319-7746map 
York-Rock Hill, SCBill Hilton Jr.803-684-5852mapNote

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