About the Club

Mission Statement

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


Join us — Join, Renew, Donate

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.

The Club provides this website to all for free.

By becoming a member, you support the activities of the Club, receive reduced registration fee for meetings, can participate in bonus field trips, and receive our publications.

Join, Renew, or Donate now!


Other Resources (NOT sponsored by Carolina Bird Club)



Recent reports from Huntington Beach SP

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

February 9

5Green-winged Teal
5Hooded Merganser
5Mourning Dove
2Black-bellied Plover
3Killdeer
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Greater Yellowlegs
50Dunlin
1Pied-billed Grebe
1Tricolored Heron
1Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
1Osprey
40European Starling
1American Robin
6Red-winged Blackbird
1Pine Warbler
6Northern Shoveler
2Gadwall
1Mottled Duck
6Ring-necked Duck
8Bufflehead
2American Coot
6Spotted Sandpiper
4Willet
2Least Sandpiper
6Ring-billed Gull
2Forster's Tern
4Anhinga
6White Ibis
8American White Pelican
2Black Vulture
1Bald Eagle
1Downy Woodpecker
2Blue Jay
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Gray Catbird
2Chipping Sparrow
4Yellow-rumped Warbler
4Northern Cardinal
2American Wigeon
20Ruddy Duck
1Long-billed Dowitcher
1Common Loon
1Little Blue Heron
6Snowy Egret
2White-eyed Vireo
1Carolina Chickadee
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Northern Mockingbird
4Eastern Bluebird
1White-crowned Sparrow
2Boat-tailed Grackle
1Black-and-white Warbler

February 8

2Black-crowned Night Heron
6Sanderling
2Belted Kingfisher
1Eastern Phoebe
6American Crow
2White-throated Sparrow
1Common Goldeneye
1Virginia Rail
1Wilson's Snipe
15Double-crested Cormorant
8Tree Swallow
2White-breasted Nuthatch
1Carolina Wren
60Cedar Waxwing
1House Finch
1Swamp Sparrow
1Common Grackle
1Orange-crowned Warbler
2Lesser Scaup
2Semipalmated Plover
1Short-billed Dowitcher
18Western Sandpiper
1Bonaparte's Gull
4Brown Pelican
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Red-headed Woodpecker
2Tufted Titmouse
1Clapper Rail
1Horned Grebe
1Blue-headed Vireo
1Savannah Sparrow

February 7

2Blue-winged Teal
3Turkey Vulture
1Sora
1American Pipit
6Rusty Blackbird

February 6

2Golden-crowned Kinglet
2Redhead
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Eurasian Collared-Dove
1Royal Tern
1Northern Flicker
1Brown Thrasher
1American Goldfinch
1Seaside Sparrow

February 5

4Common Gallinule
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
9Song Sparrow
2Laughing Gull
1Winter Wren
1Brown-headed Cowbird

February 4

1Common Yellowthroat
1Eastern Screech-Owl
1Peregrine Falcon
1Saltmarsh Sparrow
12Black Scoter
2Red-breasted Merganser
3Ruddy Turnstone
5Northern Gannet
1Hermit Thrush
1Eastern Towhee

February 3

3White-winged Scoter
1Red-throated Loon
2Wood Duck
4American Oystercatcher
1Razorbill
1Wood Stork
1Northern Harrier
1American Kestrel
1Brown Creeper