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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.

September 5

8Mourning Dove
3Ruby-throated Hummingbird
4Semipalmated Plover
2Spotted Sandpiper
4Semipalmated Sandpiper
6Laughing Gull
1Royal Tern
2Double-crested Cormorant
1Osprey
3Eastern Kingbird
6American Crow
4Fish Crow
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
3Carolina Wren
2European Starling
1Gray Catbird
2House Sparrow
2Chipping Sparrow
1Northern Waterthrush
2Northern Cardinal

September 2

2Mallard
8Least Sandpiper
1Belted Kingfisher
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
4Downy Woodpecker
4Great Crested Flycatcher
1Red-eyed Vireo
6Carolina Chickadee
2Tufted Titmouse
2Barn Swallow
2Northern Mockingbird
2American Robin
2Baltimore Oriole
6Red-winged Blackbird
5Common Grackle
1Boat-tailed Grackle
1Black-and-white Warbler
5American Redstart
1Northern Parula

September 1

1Solitary Sandpiper
1Green Heron
1Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
1Blue Jay
1Prothonotary Warbler
1Pine Warbler

August 31

1Northern Yellow Warbler
1Song Sparrow

August 30

1Black Tern
2Brown-headed Cowbird
1Common Yellowthroat

August 29

1Caspian Tern
1Northern House Wren
1Sora
1Great Black-backed Gull
2Forster's Tern
3Sandwich Tern
1White-eyed Vireo
1Brown Thrasher
1American Goldfinch
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
1House Finch
1Blue Grosbeak