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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Recent reports from Hatteras Point

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

November 11

2	American Bittern ✓

November 10

1	Brant ✓
6	Canada Goose ✓
1	American Black Duck ✓
1	Green-winged Teal ✓
1	Redhead ✓
1	Ring-necked Duck ✓
12	Lesser Scaup ✓
1	Black Scoter ✓
3	Bufflehead ✓
1	Mourning Dove ✓
12	Black-bellied Plover ✓
1	American Golden-Plover ✓
1	Killdeer ✓
1	Piping Plover ✓
1	Marbled Godwit ✓
5	Short-billed Dowitcher ✓
15	Prairie Willet ✓
1	Greater Yellowlegs ✓
1	Ruddy Turnstone ✓
2	Red Knot ✓
50	Sanderling ✓
150	Dunlin ✓
2	Parasitic Jaeger ✓
300	Laughing Gull ✓
50	Ring-billed Gull ✓
400	American Herring Gull ✓
50	Great Black-backed Gull ✓
600	Lesser Black-backed Gull ✓
55	Forster's Tern ✓
1	Sandwich Tern ✓
18	Royal Tern ✓
8	Common Loon ✓
200	Northern Gannet ✓
2000	Double-crested Cormorant ✓
25	White Ibis ✓
1	Tricolored Heron ✓
3	Great Egret ✓
4	Great Blue Heron ✓
300	Brown Pelican ✓
1	Turkey Vulture ✓
2	Sharp-shinned Hawk ✓
1	Northern Harrier ✓
1	Belted Kingfisher ✓
1	Northern Flicker ✓
1	American Kestrel ✓
2	Merlin ✓
5	Barn Swallow ✓
1	Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
4	Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
4	Northern House Wren ✓
1	Sedge Wren ✓
2	Gray Catbird ✓
3	Northern Mockingbird ✓
8	House Sparrow ✓
35	American Pipit ✓
12	House Finch ✓
2	Purple Finch ✓
15	Pine Siskin ✓
3	American Goldfinch ✓
1	Lapland Longspur ✓
1	Chipping Sparrow ✓
2	Song Sparrow ✓
2	Swamp Sparrow ✓
3	Eastern Towhee ✓
40	Red-winged Blackbird ✓
1	Rusty Blackbird ✓
2	Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
5	Orange-crowned Warbler ✓
2	Common Yellowthroat ✓
1	Blackpoll Warbler ✓
3	Palm Warbler ✓
3500	Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓

November 9

20	Northern Pintail ✓
17	Greater Scaup ✓
2	Surf Scoter ✓
1	Hooded Merganser ✓
6	Red-breasted Merganser ✓
2	Semipalmated Plover ✓
2	Long-billed Dowitcher ✓
1	Least Sandpiper ✓
1	Western Sandpiper ✓
1	Red-throated Loon ✓
1	Bald Eagle ✓
1	Cedar Waxwing ✓
2	Savannah Sparrow ✓
1	Eastern Meadowlark ✓
1	Northern Parula ✓
1	Northern Cardinal ✓

November 7

2	Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
10	Black Skimmer ✓
2	Cape May Warbler ✓

November 6

4	Blue-winged Teal ✓
1	Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
1	Pectoral Sandpiper ✓
2	Cory's Shearwater ✓
1	Great Shearwater ✓
2	Osprey ✓
1	Tree Swallow ✓
14	Cave Swallow ✓
1	Carolina Wren ✓
1	American Robin ✓
4	Nelson's Sparrow ✓
3	Saltmarsh Sparrow ✓
1	Brown-headed Cowbird ✓