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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 Murray's Mill and Pond

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

May 1

16Canada Goose
1Wood Duck
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Pied-billed Grebe
1Green Heron
1Great Blue Heron
2Red-shouldered Hawk
1Red-tailed Hawk
3Eastern Kingbird
1White-eyed Vireo
3Barn Swallow
1Gray Catbird
1Eastern Bluebird
1Chipping Sparrow
1Orchard Oriole
1Baltimore Oriole
1Red-winged Blackbird
1Prothonotary Warbler
1Common Yellowthroat
2Northern Cardinal

April 29

3Mourning Dove
2Chimney Swift
4Killdeer
1Anhinga
1Turkey Vulture
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Great Crested Flycatcher
1Warbling Vireo
5American Crow
1Tufted Titmouse
1White-breasted Nuthatch
2Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Carolina Wren
1Brown Thrasher
1Northern Mockingbird
1Cedar Waxwing
1House Finch
1American Goldfinch
3Field Sparrow
11White-throated Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
1Brown-headed Cowbird
2Common Grackle
5American Redstart
5Northern Parula
2Pine Warbler
1Scarlet Tanager
2Blue Grosbeak
2Indigo Bunting

April 28

1Palm Warbler
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Downy Woodpecker
1Eastern Phoebe
1Red-eyed Vireo
2Blue Jay
3Carolina Chickadee
1Louisiana Waterthrush
3Yellow-rumped Warbler
3Black-throated Green Warbler

April 27

1Northern Bobwhite
1Black Vulture
2Osprey
4Fish Crow
4Tree Swallow
7European Starling
2American Robin
6House Sparrow
9Savannah Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
4Eastern Towhee
2Northern Waterthrush

April 26

1Solitary Sandpiper
1Broad-winged Hawk
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1Swainson's Thrush
1Purple Finch
1Grasshopper Sparrow
1Worm-eating Warbler
1Yellow Warbler
1Summer Tanager

April 25

1Yellow-throated Vireo
1Wood Thrush
1Cape May Warbler