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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.

October 29

18Mourning Dove ✓
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
2American Herring Gull ✓
2Great Black-backed Gull ✓
2Royal Tern ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Blue Jay ✓
22American Crow ✓
8Carolina Chickadee ✓
24Tree Swallow ✓
5Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
1Winter Wren ✓
5Carolina Wren ✓
1Gray Catbird ✓
2Eastern Bluebird ✓
3House Sparrow ✓
2House Finch ✓
1Savannah Sparrow ✓
4Song Sparrow ✓
3Swamp Sparrow ✓
6Red-winged Blackbird ✓
2Common Grackle ✓
2Orange-crowned Warbler ✓
1Nashville Warbler
15Blackpoll Warbler
1Pine Warbler ✓
75Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
6Northern Cardinal ✓
1Great Egret ✓
1Red-eyed Vireo
1White-throated Sparrow ✓
1Double-crested Cormorant ✓
1Snowy Egret ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
8Laughing Gull ✓
4Ring-billed Gull ✓
2Forster's Tern ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Brown Creeper ✓
2Northern Mockingbird ✓
1Black-and-white Warbler ✓
1Cape May Warbler ✓
32Black Scoter ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Tufted Titmouse ✓
3American Robin ✓
1Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
1American Redstart ✓
2Magnolia Warbler ✓
1Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
2Lesser Black-backed Gull ✓
2Eastern Phoebe ✓
1Fish Crow ✓
2Cedar Waxwing ✓

October 28

1Northern Waterthrush ✓
7Greater Yellowlegs ✓
1Northern Parula ✓
1Bay-breasted Warbler ✓
7Brown Pelican ✓
2Mallard ✓
5Pine Siskin ✓
3Turkey Vulture ✓
2Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Purple Finch ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓

October 27

1Tennessee Warbler ✓
6American White Pelican ✓
1Osprey ✓
18Canada Goose ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Painted Bunting ✓

October 25

1Red-breasted Nuthatch ✓

October 23

1Common Loon ✓
2Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1White Ibis ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Barn Swallow ✓
2Pied-billed Grebe ✓
1American Goldfinch ✓