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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 8

14Canada Goose
2Mourning Dove
1Killdeer
24Semipalmated Plover
1Wilson's Snipe
5Spotted Sandpiper
6Lesser Yellowlegs
2Greater Yellowlegs
8Least Sandpiper
4Great Blue Heron
1Bald Eagle
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Great Crested Flycatcher
2Eastern Kingbird
3American Crow
2Fish Crow
1Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
4Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Chipping Sparrow
1Common Grackle
1Prothonotary Warbler
1Blue Grosbeak
4Mallard
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Green Heron
2White-eyed Vireo
2Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
1Eastern Bluebird
1American Robin
1Common Yellowthroat
2Pine Warbler
1Northern Cardinal

May 4

1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Ring-billed Gull
53Double-crested Cormorant
1Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1Hooded Warbler
1Indigo Bunting
1Great Egret
1Gray Catbird
1American Goldfinch
12Purple Martin
1Barn Swallow
1Brown-headed Cowbird
1Northern Yellow Warbler
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
3Chimney Swift
2Solitary Sandpiper
3Black Vulture
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
2Red-eyed Vireo
1Loggerhead Shrike
5Blue Jay
2Tree Swallow
8European Starling
1Orchard Oriole
2Red-winged Blackbird
1Summer Tanager

May 3

1Eastern Phoebe
5Northern Parula
2Eastern Towhee
1Black-and-white Warbler
2Caspian Tern
1White-throated Sparrow
1Kentucky Warbler
1Black-throated Blue Warbler
3Red-breasted Merganser
2Wild Turkey
1Belted Kingfisher
2Downy Woodpecker
1Hairy Woodpecker
1Acadian Flycatcher
3Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Ovenbird
4Yellow-throated Warbler
2Wood Duck
4Anhinga
1Yellow-throated Vireo
2Savannah Sparrow
1Blackpoll Warbler