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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 23

4Mallard
1Mourning Dove
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Clapper Rail
3Semipalmated Plover
2Spotted Sandpiper
1Solitary Sandpiper
2Sanderling
1White-rumped Sandpiper
11Least Sandpiper
1Pectoral Sandpiper
3Western Sandpiper
4Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Great Black-backed Gull
1Least Tern
1Turkey Vulture
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1Blue Jay
7American Crow
2Fish Crow
1Carolina Chickadee
1Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
1Red-winged Blackbird
1Boat-tailed Grackle
2Northern Cardinal
21Canada Goose
1Killdeer
20Laughing Gull
3Sandwich Tern
1Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
3Osprey
1Downy Woodpecker
2Eastern Kingbird
2Tufted Titmouse
3Purple Martin
1Northern Mockingbird
6American Robin
1Orchard Oriole

August 21

1Royal Tern
1Green Heron
1Northern House Wren
5House Sparrow

August 20

2Double-crested Cormorant

August 19

1Ruddy Turnstone
4Common Tern

August 17

2Chimney Swift
1White Ibis
1Belted Kingfisher
1Eastern Bluebird
1Northern Parula