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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 Buckhorn Reservoir

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

May 13

1Killdeer
1Great Blue Heron
5Turkey Vulture
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1White-eyed Vireo
1Red-eyed Vireo
1Blue Jay
3American Crow
2Tufted Titmouse
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
3Chipping Sparrow
4Northern Cardinal
2Indigo Bunting
12Canada Goose
1Wood Duck
3Mourning Dove
1Spotted Sandpiper
2Lesser Yellowlegs
2Least Sandpiper
5Semipalmated Sandpiper
46Double-crested Cormorant
1Bald Eagle
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Downy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Acadian Flycatcher
1Eastern Phoebe
2Eastern Kingbird
1Yellow-throated Vireo
13Fish Crow
2Carolina Chickadee
8Purple Martin
1Barn Swallow
3Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Eastern Bluebird
1American Robin
2House Finch
4American Goldfinch
1Orchard Oriole
2Red-winged Blackbird
4Common Grackle
1Ovenbird
2Prothonotary Warbler
2Common Yellowthroat
2Pine Warbler
1Yellow-throated Warbler
3Summer Tanager
2Blue Grosbeak

May 11

1Mallard
35Semipalmated Plover
4Solitary Sandpiper
1Greater Yellowlegs
3Ring-billed Gull
2Caspian Tern
1Osprey
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Brown Thrasher

May 10

2Chuck-will's-widow
2Eastern Towhee
3Yellow-breasted Chat
1Wilson's Snipe
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Green Heron
2Brown-headed Cowbird
1Black-and-white Warbler

May 9

2Black Vulture
1Hooded Warbler
2Northern Parula
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Northern Yellow Warbler
1Blackpoll Warbler

May 8

4Northern Rough-winged Swallow