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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.

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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.

May 12

2Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
3Mourning Dove
21Common Gallinule
1American Coot
33Semipalmated Plover
24Whimbrel
3Wood Stork
5Anhinga
1Double-crested Cormorant
264White Ibis
1Least Bittern
3Black-crowned Night Heron
14Little Blue Heron
2Tricolored Heron
2Snowy Egret
4Green Heron
32Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1Tufted Titmouse
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
4Carolina Wren
5Eastern Bluebird
5Red-winged Blackbird
9Boat-tailed Grackle
1Northern Parula
1Yellow-throated Warbler
1Summer Tanager
9Northern Cardinal
2Painted Bunting

May 11

1Chimney Swift
1Laughing Gull
1Forster's Tern
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1White-eyed Vireo
1American Crow
1Fish Crow
6Carolina Chickadee
1Barn Swallow
6Brown-headed Nuthatch
2Eastern Towhee
3Turkey Vulture
1Downy Woodpecker
1Blue Jay
1Brown-headed Cowbird

May 10

1Wood Duck
2Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Black-bellied Plover
5Dunlin
6Semipalmated Sandpiper
2Black Vulture
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Pileated Woodpecker
8European Starling
1Northern Mockingbird
3House Finch
5Common Grackle
2Pine Warbler

May 8

1Pied-billed Grebe
6Glossy Ibis
1Common Yellowthroat
1Indigo Bunting
3Yellow-billed Cuckoo
3Spotted Sandpiper
1Willet
1Ring-billed Gull
1Osprey
3Red-headed Woodpecker
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
1Orchard Oriole

May 6

1Wild Turkey
2Roseate Spoonbill
1Red-eyed Vireo
1Tree Swallow
1Mississippi Kite
1Eastern Kingbird
1Brown Thrasher
1Western Cattle-Egret
1Bald Eagle