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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 Pinckney Island NWR

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

February 28

6Hooded Merganser
4Mourning Dove
33Common Gallinule
7American Coot
1Pied-billed Grebe
43White Ibis
2Little Blue Heron
3Tricolored Heron
2Snowy Egret
3Great Egret
1Hairy Woodpecker
3American Crow
4Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
3Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
2Carolina Wren
2Eastern Bluebird
3Cedar Waxwing
7Red-winged Blackbird
1Pine Warbler
4Yellow-rumped Warbler
2Northern Cardinal
3Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
21Bufflehead
1Laughing Gull
4Anhinga
5Great Blue Heron
1Brown Pelican
5Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
2Pileated Woodpecker
2White-eyed Vireo
6Blue Jay
4European Starling
1Northern Mockingbird
8American Robin
3White-throated Sparrow
2Song Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
6Common Grackle
9Boat-tailed Grackle
3Yellow-throated Warbler

February 26

2Wood Stork
1Turkey Vulture
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Gray Catbird
2Swamp Sparrow
1Black Vulture
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1Eastern Phoebe
1Rock Pigeon
4Ring-billed Gull
3Forster's Tern
2Horned Grebe
1Common Loon
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Fish Crow

February 24

1Red-breasted Merganser
14Bonaparte's Gull
1Cooper's Hawk
1Belted Kingfisher
1Hermit Thrush