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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.

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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 17

2Mourning Dove
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
5Semipalmated Plover
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Solitary Sandpiper
8Least Sandpiper
8Semipalmated Sandpiper
5Laughing Gull
8Royal Tern
5Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
2Osprey
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Philadelphia Vireo
1Red-eyed Vireo
4Blue Jay
8American Crow
2Carolina Chickadee
4Tufted Titmouse
2Carolina Wren
1European Starling
6Gray Catbird
1Common Yellowthroat
2American Redstart
2Northern Yellow Warbler
1Wilson's Warbler
6Northern Cardinal

September 16

2Mallard
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1American Herring Gull
2Double-crested Cormorant
1Cooper's Hawk
1Downy Woodpecker
1Great Crested Flycatcher
8Fish Crow
2American Robin
3Northern Parula
3Black-throated Blue Warbler
3Palm Warbler
1Belted Kingfisher
1White-eyed Vireo
2Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Northern Mockingbird
2Cedar Waxwing
3Red-winged Blackbird
1Boat-tailed Grackle

September 15

1Eastern Wood-Pewee
2Cape May Warbler
1Black-throated Green Warbler
50House Sparrow
2Blue-winged Teal
1Common Nighthawk
1Ring-billed Gull
1Bald Eagle
2Song Sparrow
2Common Grackle
1Green Heron
1American Kestrel
1Northern Waterthrush
1Killdeer

September 14

1Wilson's Snipe
1Forster's Tern
2Sandwich Tern
3Turkey Vulture
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Tennessee Warbler
30Canada Goose
1Common Tern
1Northern House Wren
1Blue-winged Warbler
1Mourning Warbler
1Magnolia Warbler

September 13

6Sanderling
5Lesser Black-backed Gull
7Eastern Kingbird

September 12

1Yellow-breasted Chat
1Eastern Towhee

September 11

1Willet
1Caspian Tern