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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 21

6Mourning Dove
2Black-necked Stilt
1Spotted Sandpiper
3Laughing Gull
1Wood Stork
6White Ibis
9Glossy Ibis
2Yellow-crowned Night Heron
4Little Blue Heron
1Snowy Egret
7Western Cattle-Egret
8Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
4Turkey Vulture
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
2White-eyed Vireo
1Carolina Chickadee
5Barn Swallow
1Carolina Wren
1Brown Thrasher
2Eastern Towhee
1Common Yellowthroat
1Northern Cardinal
1Blue Grosbeak
1Indigo Bunting

August 19

9Wood Duck
20Wild Turkey
35Killdeer
2Solitary Sandpiper
30Least Sandpiper
4Pectoral Sandpiper
1Green Heron
1Cooper's Hawk
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Belted Kingfisher
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
15American Crow
100Fish Crow
2Brown-headed Nuthatch

August 18

5Yellow-billed Cuckoo
3Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Greater Yellowlegs
3Gull-billed Tern
1Double-crested Cormorant
2Black-crowned Night Heron
1Broad-winged Hawk
2Eastern Screech-Owl
2Great Horned Owl
2Downy Woodpecker
2Northern Flicker
7Great Crested Flycatcher
13Eastern Kingbird
2Red-eyed Vireo
1Tufted Titmouse
4Purple Martin
3Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1European Starling
1Gray Catbird
2Northern Mockingbird
1Eastern Bluebird
2Yellow-breasted Chat
1Common Grackle
1Worm-eating Warbler
4Black-and-white Warbler
4Prothonotary Warbler
1Hooded Warbler
2American Redstart
2Northern Yellow Warbler
3Prairie Warbler
2Summer Tanager

August 15

2American Coot