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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.

October 8

4Mallard ✓
20American Black Duck ✓
4Green-winged Teal
8Wild Turkey ✓
6Mourning Dove ✓
10Killdeer ✓
5Semipalmated Plover ✓
4Greater Yellowlegs ✓
10Least Sandpiper ✓
1Pectoral Sandpiper ✓
71White Ibis ✓
9Little Blue Heron ✓
1Snowy Egret ✓
2Great Egret ✓
4Turkey Vulture ✓
1Osprey ✓
1Sharp-shinned Hawk
2Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
2Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
3Northern Flicker ✓
1American Kestrel ✓
2Merlin ✓
2Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
7Eastern Phoebe ✓
4White-eyed Vireo ✓
10Blue Jay ✓
27American Crow ✓
2Fish Crow ✓
11Carolina Chickadee ✓
2Tufted Titmouse ✓
5Northern House Wren ✓
2Marsh Wren ✓
12Carolina Wren ✓
6Gray Catbird ✓
5Northern Mockingbird ✓
2Red-winged Blackbird ✓
2American Redstart ✓
1Northern Parula ✓
17Northern Cardinal ✓
3Blue Grosbeak ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
2Clapper Rail ✓
1Virginia Rail ✓
75Black-bellied Plover ✓
2Solitary Sandpiper ✓
2Pied-billed Grebe ✓
1Western Cattle-Egret ✓
2Great Blue Heron ✓
4Northern Harrier ✓
2Bald Eagle ✓
1Eastern Screech-Owl ✓
1Great Horned Owl ✓
1Peregrine Falcon ✓
2Red-eyed Vireo ✓
1Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
12Brown Thrasher ✓
2Eastern Bluebird ✓
1Swainson's Thrush ✓
1House Finch ✓
8Eastern Towhee ✓
3Bobolink ✓
20Eastern Meadowlark ✓
2Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
2Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
3Black-and-white Warbler ✓
12Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Magnolia Warbler ✓
2Blackpoll Warbler ✓
10Palm Warbler ✓
2Pine Warbler ✓
3Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
1Prairie Warbler ✓
3Indigo Bunting ✓

October 6

1Wood Duck ✓
1Wilson's Plover ✓
1Chestnut-sided Warbler ✓
2Wilson's Snipe ✓
1Horned Lark ✓
1Veery ✓
2Grasshopper Sparrow ✓
1Savannah Sparrow ✓
1Swamp Sparrow
1Northern Waterthrush ✓
1Blue-winged Warbler ✓
1Bay-breasted Warbler ✓
2Northern Yellow Warbler ✓
3Rose-breasted Grosbeak ✓