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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 1

1Semipalmated Plover
1Solitary Sandpiper
1Royal Tern
1Green Heron
1Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
1Osprey
XFish Crow
1Carolina Wren
XHouse Sparrow
2Mallard
2Mourning Dove
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2Spotted Sandpiper
10Least Sandpiper
4Semipalmated Sandpiper
9Laughing Gull
1Tricolored Heron
1Belted Kingfisher
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Great Crested Flycatcher
1Eastern Kingbird
1Blue Jay
30American Crow
2Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
8European Starling
3Gray Catbird
10American Robin
2Red-winged Blackbird
3Boat-tailed Grackle
1Prothonotary Warbler
1American Redstart
1Pine Warbler
1Northern Cardinal

August 31

1Downy Woodpecker
2Northern Mockingbird
1Northern Waterthrush
3Black-and-white Warbler
1Northern Yellow Warbler
4Double-crested Cormorant
2Chipping Sparrow
1Song Sparrow

August 30

1Black Tern
4Barn Swallow
2Brown-headed Cowbird
1Common Yellowthroat

August 29

1Caspian Tern
1Northern House Wren
1Sora
1Great Black-backed Gull
2Forster's Tern
3Sandwich Tern
1White-eyed Vireo
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Brown Thrasher
1American Goldfinch
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
1Red-eyed Vireo
1House Finch
1Blue Grosbeak

August 27

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