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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 Cape Romain NWR Stowe Tract (Restricted Access)

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

May 10

2Canada Goose
6Blue-winged Teal
6Mottled Duck
3Wild Turkey
4Mourning Dove
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
3Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Clapper Rail
2Black-necked Stilt
3Black-bellied Plover
2Killdeer
53Semipalmated Plover
12Short-billed Dowitcher
22Lesser Yellowlegs
2Greater Yellowlegs
7Dunlin
9Least Sandpiper
11Semipalmated Sandpiper
13Laughing Gull
1Black Skimmer
5Least Tern
6Gull-billed Tern
3Wood Stork
5Anhinga
2Double-crested Cormorant
4White Ibis
2Glossy Ibis
3Yellow-crowned Night Heron
2Little Blue Heron
5Tricolored Heron
2Snowy Egret
1Green Heron
5Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
5Brown Pelican
3Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1Red-tailed Hawk
4Red-headed Woodpecker
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
5Eastern Wood-Pewee
5Great Crested Flycatcher
3Eastern Kingbird
2White-eyed Vireo
7Blue Jay
5Fish Crow
6Carolina Chickadee
5Tufted Titmouse
3Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
9Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
4Eastern Bluebird
5Eastern Towhee
3Yellow-breasted Chat
3Orchard Oriole
9Red-winged Blackbird
5Boat-tailed Grackle
5Common Yellowthroat
2Northern Parula
3Pine Warbler
1Summer Tanager
12Northern Cardinal
4Indigo Bunting
2Painted Bunting

May 9

2Spotted Sandpiper
1Solitary Sandpiper
1Pied-billed Grebe
24Black-crowned Night Heron
1Bald Eagle
1Northern Flicker
1American Crow
11Tree Swallow
1Yellow-throated Warbler