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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.

October 8

10Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
1Common Gallinule
2Spotted Sandpiper
3Pied-billed Grebe
3Wood Stork
1Anhinga
1White Ibis
1Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
1Snowy Egret
1Green Heron
1Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
11Brown Pelican
1Osprey
1Belted Kingfisher
1Downy Woodpecker
3Eastern Phoebe
1White-eyed Vireo
1Blue Jay
1American Crow
1Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
1Eastern Bluebird
10Red-winged Blackbird
1Palm Warbler
1Pine Warbler
1Northern Cardinal
XDouble-crested Cormorant
11American White Pelican
XTurkey Vulture
1Cooper's Hawk
3Bald Eagle
XRed-bellied Woodpecker
XBrown Thrasher
1Swamp Sparrow
1Boat-tailed Grackle

October 7

2Rock Pigeon
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Ring-billed Gull
1Royal Tern
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1Savannah Sparrow
3Painted Bunting
22Laughing Gull
2Roseate Spoonbill
2Black Vulture
1Red-headed Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Eastern Towhee
1American Redstart

October 4

1Clapper Rail
1Sora
6Semipalmated Plover
1Sanderling
1Least Sandpiper
1Northern Harrier