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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 26

1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
4Semipalmated Plover ✓
10Laughing Gull ✓
2Lesser Black-backed Gull ✓
9Royal Tern ✓
2Double-crested Cormorant ✓
3White Ibis ✓
1Great Egret ✓
2Turkey Vulture ✓
1Osprey ✓
2Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
5Downy Woodpecker ✓
4Northern Flicker ✓
1American Kestrel ✓
1Merlin ✓
7Red-eyed Vireo ✓
1Blue Jay ✓
5American Crow ✓
2Carolina Chickadee ✓
2Carolina Wren ✓
3European Starling ✓
3Gray Catbird ✓
3American Robin ✓
2Cedar Waxwing ✓
1Bobolink ✓
1Black-and-white Warbler ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
15American Redstart ✓
2Northern Parula ✓
2Magnolia Warbler ✓
1Blackpoll Warbler ✓
2Northern Cardinal ✓
9Canada Goose ✓
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
1House Finch ✓
1Rose-breasted Grosbeak ✓
1Great Black-backed Gull ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Bald Eagle ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
2Fish Crow ✓
1Cliff Swallow ✓
7Red-winged Blackbird ✓
1Hooded Warbler ✓
1Cape May Warbler ✓
2Palm Warbler ✓

September 25

2Mallard ✓
1Western Sandpiper ✓
2Caspian Tern ✓
2Great Blue Heron ✓
2Tufted Titmouse ✓
8House Sparrow ✓
1Boat-tailed Grackle ✓

September 24

1Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
3Mourning Dove ✓
5Sanderling ✓
1Least Sandpiper ✓
2Ring-billed Gull ✓
1American Herring Gull ✓
1Forster's Tern ✓

September 23

1Wilson's Warbler ✓

September 22

2Semipalmated Sandpiper ✓
1Prairie Warbler ✓
1Spotted Sandpiper ✓
1Solitary Sandpiper ✓
1Green Heron ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
1Northern Yellow Warbler ✓
1Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓

September 21

2Philadelphia Vireo ✓
1Eastern Kingbird ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓

September 20

2Bay-breasted Warbler ✓
1Pine Warbler ✓
1Great Crested Flycatcher ✓
12Common Grackle ✓