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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.

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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 11

1Semipalmated Plover
2Spotted Sandpiper
5Laughing Gull
1Osprey
1Bald Eagle
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Eastern Kingbird
1American Crow
2Carolina Chickadee
1Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
6American Robin
3House Sparrow
1American Redstart
2Northern Cardinal

September 10

1Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
1Double-crested Cormorant
6Least Sandpiper
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2Killdeer
2Sanderling
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Caspian Tern
1Forster's Tern
3Royal Tern
1Belted Kingfisher
1Downy Woodpecker
1Tufted Titmouse
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Common Yellowthroat
1Cape May Warbler

September 9

2Mallard
1Solitary Sandpiper
1American Herring Gull
3Great Crested Flycatcher
5Fish Crow
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Cedar Waxwing
2Common Grackle
1Northern Waterthrush
1Northern Parula
1Black-throated Blue Warbler
3Mourning Dove
1Green Heron
1Turkey Vulture
2Eastern Bluebird
1Red-winged Blackbird
1Pine Warbler
2Rock Pigeon
5Western Sandpiper
1Ring-billed Gull
1Northern House Wren
7European Starling
4Northern Mockingbird
12House Finch
4Boat-tailed Grackle
2Blue Jay
1Willet
1Tricolored Heron
1Yellow-breasted Chat

September 8

2Great Black-backed Gull
1Philadelphia Vireo
2Red-eyed Vireo
1Northern Yellow Warbler
24Canada Goose
1Sora
1Greater Yellowlegs
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
1White-eyed Vireo
1American Goldfinch
2Bobolink

September 7

1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Cooper's Hawk
1Yellow-throated Vireo
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Chipping Sparrow

September 6

1Lesser Black-backed Gull
1Baltimore Oriole