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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 4

1Mallard
1Mourning Dove
1Semipalmated Plover
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Solitary Sandpiper
1Ruddy Turnstone
6Least Sandpiper
1Laughing Gull
3Royal Tern
1Great Blue Heron
1Osprey
2Great Crested Flycatcher
4Eastern Kingbird
1American Crow
2Fish Crow
3Carolina Chickadee
3Northern House Wren
2Carolina Wren
3Gray Catbird
4American Redstart
2Northern Cardinal
2Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Great Black-backed Gull
2Lesser Black-backed Gull
3Forster's Tern
1Green Heron
4Eastern Bluebird
2Red-winged Blackbird
3Black-and-white Warbler
1Cape May Warbler
1Yellow Warbler
1Pine Warbler
2Pileated Woodpecker
4Tufted Titmouse
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
5Northern Mockingbird
2Common Yellowthroat
2American Herring Gull
1Common Tern
1Bald Eagle
1Belted Kingfisher
1Blue Jay
2American Robin
2House Sparrow
2House Finch
1Baltimore Oriole
2Common Grackle

September 3

1Red-eyed Vireo
1Boat-tailed Grackle
1Yellow-throated Warbler
2Prairie Warbler

September 2

4Semipalmated Sandpiper
3Downy Woodpecker
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

September 1

1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
6Sanderling
2Caspian Tern
1Prothonotary Warbler
1Magnolia Warbler
2Double-crested Cormorant
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
1Tree Swallow
1Northern Waterthrush
2Ring-billed Gull
1Great Egret

August 31

1Bobolink

August 30

28Brown Pelican
1Turkey Vulture
1Dickcissel

August 29

1Northern Parula
2Sandwich Tern
1Cooper's Hawk