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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 29

1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
3Royal Tern ✓
2Downy Woodpecker ✓
3Red-eyed Vireo ✓
4Blue Jay ✓
3Gray Catbird ✓
1Black-and-white Warbler ✓
1American Redstart ✓
2Northern Cardinal ✓
4Least Sandpiper ✓
1Semipalmated Sandpiper ✓
2Snowy Egret ✓
1Osprey ✓
5American Crow ✓
1Fish Crow ✓
4Carolina Chickadee ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
2Carolina Wren ✓
8Semipalmated Plover ✓
2Pectoral Sandpiper ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
1Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
3Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
2American Robin ✓
1Cedar Waxwing ✓
10Red-winged Blackbird ✓
2Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
1Cape May Warbler ✓
2Northern Parula ✓
2Mourning Dove ✓
1Spotted Sandpiper ✓
1Common Loon ✓
1Peregrine Falcon ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
1Magnolia Warbler ✓
2Laughing Gull ✓
1Ring-billed Gull ✓
5Double-crested Cormorant ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
4Tufted Titmouse ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
1Blue-winged Teal ✓
4Mallard ✓
1Green-winged Teal ✓
1Caspian Tern ✓
2Northern Mockingbird ✓
6House Sparrow ✓
3House Finch ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Merlin ✓
3Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
1Northern Yellow Warbler ✓
2Turkey Vulture ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
2Lesser Black-backed Gull ✓
1Little Blue Heron ✓
1Bobolink ✓
1Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
2Palm Warbler ✓
1Scarlet Tanager ✓
1Rose-breasted Grosbeak ✓
1Dickcissel ✓
1Eastern Bluebird ✓
1Prairie Warbler ✓
4Rock Pigeon ✓
6European Starling ✓
1Eastern Towhee ✓
2Pine Warbler ✓
3Indigo Bunting ✓
4Solitary Sandpiper ✓

September 28

1White Ibis ✓
1Great Crested Flycatcher
2Killdeer ✓
3American Herring Gull ✓
2Chimney Swift ✓
4Great Black-backed Gull ✓
1Great Egret ✓
1Sanderling ✓
1Veery ✓
1Green Heron ✓
1Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1Baltimore Oriole ✓
2Blackpoll Warbler ✓
1American Kestrel ✓

September 27

1Wilson's Warbler ✓
2Bald Eagle ✓

September 26

5Canada Goose ✓
1Sharp-shinned Hawk ✓
6Common Grackle ✓
1Cliff Swallow ✓
1Hooded Warbler ✓

September 25

1Western Sandpiper ✓

September 24

1Forster's Tern ✓