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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.

November 2

2Wood Duck ✓
20Blue-winged Teal ✓
2Northern Shoveler ✓
4Mallard ✓
12American Black Duck ✓
25Green-winged Teal ✓
1Hooded Merganser ✓
2Northern Bobwhite ✓
3Mourning Dove ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
3Black-bellied Plover ✓
4Killdeer ✓
1Greater Yellowlegs ✓
1Ring-billed Gull ✓
3Pied-billed Grebe ✓
3White Ibis ✓
1Great Egret ✓
3Great Blue Heron ✓
7Turkey Vulture ✓
1Osprey ✓
2Sharp-shinned Hawk ✓
2Cooper's Hawk ✓
8Northern Harrier ✓
2Bald Eagle ✓
4Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
2Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
2Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
8Northern Flicker ✓
3American Kestrel ✓
19Eastern Phoebe ✓
8Blue Jay ✓
30American Crow ✓
50Fish Crow ✓
14Carolina Chickadee ✓
2Tufted Titmouse ✓
6Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
2Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
8Northern House Wren ✓
2Sedge Wren ✓
20Carolina Wren ✓
12Gray Catbird ✓
3Brown Thrasher ✓
4Northern Mockingbird ✓
1Hermit Thrush ✓
1American Pipit ✓
1Field Sparrow ✓
3White-throated Sparrow ✓
4Savannah Sparrow ✓
26Song Sparrow ✓
23Swamp Sparrow ✓
3Eastern Towhee ✓
11Eastern Meadowlark ✓
30Red-winged Blackbird ✓
2Common Yellowthroat ✓
1American Redstart ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓
150Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
16Northern Cardinal ✓
3Eastern Screech-Owl ✓

October 31

4Ring-necked Duck ✓
6Wild Turkey ✓
3Wilson's Snipe ✓
2Prairie Willet ✓
3Black Vulture ✓
1Winter Wren ✓
4Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
1Pine Warbler ✓
1Prairie Warbler ✓

October 28

6Gadwall ✓
3American Wigeon ✓
2Northern Pintail ✓
1Clapper Rail ✓
500Laughing Gull ✓
1Swainson's Hawk ✓
2Merlin ✓
20Tree Swallow ✓
1House Finch ✓

October 27

1Common Gallinule ✓
2Least Sandpiper ✓
5Little Blue Heron ✓
1Eastern Bluebird ✓