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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 North River Farms (permission required)

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

August 2

3Wild Turkey
21Mourning Dove
4Chimney Swift
2Killdeer
6Spotted Sandpiper
5Least Sandpiper
48Laughing Gull
1Anhinga
1Double-crested Cormorant
8White Ibis
3Glossy Ibis
13Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
1Snowy Egret
2Green Heron
350Western Cattle-Egret
5Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
4Turkey Vulture
19American Crow
1Tree Swallow
1Barn Swallow
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Carolina Wren
2Eastern Bluebird
50Red-winged Blackbird
1Common Yellowthroat
1Blue Grosbeak
2Indigo Bunting
1Solitary Sandpiper
3Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Carolina Chickadee
1Eastern Towhee
1Eastern Meadowlark
1Northern Cardinal
1Black-bellied Plover
2Greater Yellowlegs
3Great Crested Flycatcher
2Eastern Kingbird
1Purple Martin
1Common Grackle

July 31

1Northern Bobwhite
1Common Nighthawk
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2Semipalmated Plover
7Short-billed Dowitcher
2Stilt Sandpiper
21Pectoral Sandpiper
1Osprey
2White-eyed Vireo
1Blue Jay
5Fish Crow
4Black-necked Stilt
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Northern Mockingbird
2House Finch
2Song Sparrow
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
2Chuck-will's-widow
1Great Horned Owl
2Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Brown Thrasher
2Yellow-breasted Chat

July 30

3Upland Sandpiper
2Hudsonian Whimbrel
4Ring-billed Gull
2American Herring Gull
2Great Black-backed Gull
1Belted Kingfisher
3Red-headed Woodpecker
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
2Pileated Woodpecker
2Tufted Titmouse
2American Goldfinch
4Chipping Sparrow
2Brown-headed Cowbird
1Prothonotary Warbler