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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.

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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 29

5Semipalmated Plover
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Solitary Sandpiper
5Least Sandpiper
15Semipalmated Sandpiper
5Laughing Gull
1Caspian Tern
1Green Heron
1Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
1Osprey
2Downy Woodpecker
1Eastern Kingbird
8American Crow
3Fish Crow
3Carolina Chickadee
1Carolina Wren
1European Starling
3Gray Catbird
7House Sparrow
5Red-winged Blackbird
3Northern Cardinal
2Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2Royal Tern
1Tricolored Heron
1Belted Kingfisher
1Blue Jay
1Northern House Wren
2Boat-tailed Grackle
2Mallard
1Sora
1Great Black-backed Gull
2Forster's Tern
3Sandwich Tern
22Double-crested Cormorant
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1White-eyed Vireo
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Brown Thrasher
1American Robin
1American Goldfinch
1Northern Yellow Warbler
5Mourning Dove
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
4Great Crested Flycatcher
1Red-eyed Vireo
1House Finch
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Common Yellowthroat
2American Redstart
1Blue Grosbeak

August 28

1Northern Mockingbird

August 27

1Bald Eagle
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Northern Flicker
3Cedar Waxwing
1Cape May Warbler
1Northern Parula

August 25

1Common Grackle
1Killdeer
1Turkey Vulture

August 24

1Tufted Titmouse
1Western Sandpiper
2Canada Goose
1Eastern Bluebird

August 23

1Clapper Rail
2Sanderling
1White-rumped Sandpiper
1Pectoral Sandpiper
1Least Tern