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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.

August 25

2Mallard
1Mourning Dove
4Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Least Sandpiper
4Laughing Gull
4Royal Tern
1Osprey
1Downy Woodpecker
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1Eastern Kingbird
1Blue Jay
2Fish Crow
5Carolina Chickadee
4Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
1Common Grackle
3Boat-tailed Grackle
1American Redstart
2Northern Cardinal
1Killdeer
5Semipalmated Plover
2Spotted Sandpiper
2Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Turkey Vulture
3American Crow
1Northern Mockingbird
1Solitary Sandpiper
1Forster's Tern
3Double-crested Cormorant
1Great Egret
7House Sparrow

August 24

1Tufted Titmouse
2Red-winged Blackbird
1Western Sandpiper
1Great Blue Heron
1European Starling

August 23

1Clapper Rail
2Sanderling
1White-rumped Sandpiper
1Pectoral Sandpiper
1Great Black-backed Gull
1Least Tern
21Canada Goose
3Sandwich Tern
3Purple Martin
6American Robin
1Orchard Oriole

August 21

1Green Heron
1Northern House Wren