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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.

September 20

4Mourning Dove
2Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Spotted Sandpiper
4Least Sandpiper
1Laughing Gull
6Royal Tern
1Green Heron
1Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
1Osprey
1Cooper's Hawk
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Downy Woodpecker
1Merlin
1Great Crested Flycatcher
3Red-eyed Vireo
3Blue Jay
11American Crow
7Carolina Chickadee
7Carolina Wren
1European Starling
1Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
4American Robin
1House Finch
7Red-winged Blackbird
2Black-and-white Warbler
2Common Yellowthroat
6American Redstart
3Northern Parula
1Bay-breasted Warbler
2Northern Yellow Warbler
2Black-throated Blue Warbler
1Wilson's Warbler
4Northern Cardinal
3Semipalmated Plover
4Sanderling
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
5American Herring Gull
2Great Black-backed Gull
2Forster's Tern
7Double-crested Cormorant
3Fish Crow
8Cedar Waxwing
12Common Grackle

September 19

1Philadelphia Vireo
2Tufted Titmouse
1Cape May Warbler
1Palm Warbler
14Canada Goose
2Lesser Black-backed Gull
28House Sparrow
2Boat-tailed Grackle
1Nashville Warbler

September 18

1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Northern Waterthrush

September 17

2Mallard
1American Kestrel
1Solitary Sandpiper

September 16

1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Belted Kingfisher
1White-eyed Vireo
2Brown-headed Nuthatch

September 15

1Eastern Wood-Pewee
1Black-throated Green Warbler
2Blue-winged Teal
1Common Nighthawk
1Ring-billed Gull
1Bald Eagle
2Song Sparrow
1Killdeer

September 14

1Wilson's Snipe
2Sandwich Tern
3Turkey Vulture
1Tennessee Warbler
1Common Tern
1Northern House Wren
1Blue-winged Warbler
1Mourning Warbler
1Magnolia Warbler