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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 Falls Lake - Old Weaver Trail mud flats

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

May 17

14Canada Goose
1Mourning Dove
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
7Killdeer
26Semipalmated Plover
1Red-necked Phalarope
23Spotted Sandpiper
4Lesser Yellowlegs
1Greater Yellowlegs
1Ruddy Turnstone
2Dunlin
36Least Sandpiper
4Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Double-crested Cormorant
7Great Egret
4Great Blue Heron
1Turkey Vulture
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Red-headed Woodpecker
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
1Acadian Flycatcher
3Eastern Kingbird
1White-eyed Vireo
1Yellow-throated Vireo
2Red-eyed Vireo
1Blue Jay
3American Crow
2Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
1Bank Swallow
2Tree Swallow
3Purple Martin
1Barn Swallow
1Cliff Swallow
1White-breasted Nuthatch
5Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Carolina Wren
3European Starling
1Wood Thrush
1House Finch
4American Goldfinch
2Chipping Sparrow
1Orchard Oriole
2Common Grackle
1Ovenbird
1Prothonotary Warbler
1Common Yellowthroat
1Hooded Warbler
1Northern Parula
2Northern Yellow Warbler
4Blackpoll Warbler
1Pine Warbler
1Summer Tanager
3Northern Cardinal
1Indigo Bunting

May 16

9Solitary Sandpiper
1Alder Flycatcher
1Great Crested Flycatcher
2Fish Crow
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Eastern Bluebird
1American Robin
1Song Sparrow
1Baltimore Oriole
2Brown-headed Cowbird
2Yellow-throated Warbler
1Scarlet Tanager