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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 Duck Park Boardwalk

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

January 1

2Canada Goose
50Tundra Swan
4Ring-necked Duck
9Lesser Scaup
25Sanderling
10Bonaparte's Gull
1Black-headed Gull
65Ring-billed Gull
1American Herring Gull
26White Ibis
8Snowy Egret
2Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
1Belted Kingfisher
1Downy Woodpecker
1American Crow
1Carolina Chickadee
1Carolina Wren
39European Starling
3Song Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
32Red-winged Blackbird
3Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Northern Cardinal
3Bufflehead
2Mourning Dove
1Eastern Phoebe
2Fish Crow
1Tufted Titmouse
2Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
6Eastern Bluebird
2Boat-tailed Grackle
1Orange-crowned Warbler
1Pine Warbler
1Redhead
6Greater Scaup
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Winter Wren
28House Finch
10American Goldfinch
1Black-and-white Warbler
2Forster's Tern
2Mallard
2Laughing Gull
10Great Black-backed Gull
1House Sparrow
2Savannah Sparrow
1Palm Warbler
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Bald Eagle
1Northern Flicker
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Horned Grebe
1Ash-throated Flycatcher
1Snow Goose
1Turkey Vulture
1Ruddy Duck
2American Robin
2Purple Finch
1Pied-billed Grebe
3White-throated Sparrow
1Cooper's Hawk

December 31

5Greater Yellowlegs
2Killdeer
2Semipalmated Plover
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Black-bellied Plover
3American Black Duck
1Red-breasted Merganser

December 30

1Gadwall

December 29

1Ruby-throated Hummingbird