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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 8

2Mourning Dove ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
3Semipalmated Plover ✓
1Spotted Sandpiper ✓
1Least Sandpiper ✓
1Laughing Gull ✓
2Forster's Tern ✓
3Royal Tern ✓
2Double-crested Cormorant ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
1Peregrine Falcon ✓
1Red-eyed Vireo ✓
1Blue Jay ✓
9American Crow ✓
1Fish Crow ✓
3Carolina Chickadee ✓
4Tufted Titmouse ✓
3Carolina Wren ✓
4Gray Catbird ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
5Red-winged Blackbird ✓
2Black-and-white Warbler ✓
2American Redstart ✓
2Northern Parula ✓
2Blackpoll Warbler ✓
1Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
4Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
1Scarlet Tanager ✓
5Northern Cardinal ✓
10Canada Goose ✓
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
1Lesser Black-backed Gull ✓
1Snowy Egret ✓
1Osprey ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
4American Robin ✓
8Common Grackle ✓
1Northern Waterthrush ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓
1Pine Warbler ✓
1Black-throated Green Warbler ✓

October 7

7American Herring Gull ✓
2Great Black-backed Gull ✓
1Pied-billed Grebe ✓
2Great Blue Heron ✓
1Brown Pelican ✓
1Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
2Eastern Bluebird ✓
1Cape May Warbler ✓
7House Sparrow ✓
20House Finch ✓
2Mallard ✓
2Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
3Magnolia Warbler ✓
1Sharp-shinned Hawk ✓

October 6

1Merlin ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
1Blue Grosbeak ✓
1Indigo Bunting ✓

October 5

1Tree Swallow ✓
1Semipalmated Sandpiper ✓
1Caspian Tern ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
1American Pipit ✓
1Swainson's Thrush ✓
1Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
1Solitary Sandpiper ✓
1Ring-billed Gull ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
2Cedar Waxwing ✓
2Baltimore Oriole ✓

October 4

1Sandwich Tern ✓

October 3

1Blue-winged Teal ✓
1Green Heron ✓

October 2

1Pectoral Sandpiper ✓
1Ovenbird ✓