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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 3

15Wood Duck ✓
XBlue-winged Teal ✓
1Northern Shoveler ✓
5American Black Duck ✓
XGreen-winged Teal ✓
7Hooded Merganser ✓
20Killdeer ✓
2Wilson's Snipe ✓
5Greater Yellowlegs ✓
3Pied-billed Grebe ✓
6White Ibis ✓
3Great Egret ✓
3Great Blue Heron ✓
17Turkey Vulture ✓
1Osprey ✓
4Northern Harrier ✓
1Bald Eagle ✓
2Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
2Great Horned Owl ✓
2Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
2Downy Woodpecker ✓
2Pileated Woodpecker ✓
8Northern Flicker ✓
1Merlin ✓
13Eastern Phoebe ✓
2Blue Jay ✓
18American Crow ✓
9Fish Crow ✓
6Carolina Chickadee ✓
1Tufted Titmouse ✓
1Horned Lark ✓
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
2Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
2Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
8Northern House Wren ✓
3Sedge Wren ✓
4Carolina Wren ✓
5Gray Catbird ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
4Northern Mockingbird ✓
2Eastern Bluebird ✓
2Hermit Thrush ✓
2Song Sparrow ✓
1Swamp Sparrow ✓
2Eastern Meadowlark ✓
66Red-winged Blackbird ✓
10Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
2Common Grackle ✓
20Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
5Northern Cardinal ✓

November 2

4Mallard ✓
2Northern Bobwhite ✓
3Mourning Dove ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
3Black-bellied Plover ✓
1Ring-billed Gull ✓
2Sharp-shinned Hawk ✓
2Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
3American Kestrel ✓
1American Pipit ✓
1Field Sparrow ✓
3White-throated Sparrow ✓
4Savannah Sparrow ✓
3Eastern Towhee ✓
2Common Yellowthroat ✓
1American Redstart ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓
3Eastern Screech-Owl ✓

October 31

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