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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 22

1Mourning Dove
2Semipalmated Plover
2Least Sandpiper
2Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Royal Tern
3Double-crested Cormorant
1Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
2Red-eyed Vireo
1Blue Jay
5American Crow
2Fish Crow
3Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
1Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
1American Robin
1Boat-tailed Grackle
1Northern Parula
1Prairie Warbler
2Northern Cardinal
25Canada Goose
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Solitary Sandpiper
4Lesser Black-backed Gull
1Green Heron
1Merlin
1Northern House Wren
1Common Yellowthroat
2American Redstart
1Cape May Warbler
1Northern Yellow Warbler
1Palm Warbler
1Yellow-rumped Warbler

September 21

5Ruby-throated Hummingbird
8Laughing Gull
1American Herring Gull
1Bald Eagle
2Philadelphia Vireo
1Black-and-white Warbler
1House Sparrow
1Black-throated Blue Warbler
1Great Black-backed Gull
1Eastern Kingbird
1Northern Mockingbird
6Red-winged Blackbird

September 20

2Mallard
1Cooper's Hawk
2Magnolia Warbler
2Bay-breasted Warbler
1Pine Warbler
1Osprey
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1European Starling
1House Finch
1Wilson's Warbler
4Sanderling
2Forster's Tern
8Cedar Waxwing
12Common Grackle

September 19

1Nashville Warbler

September 18

1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Northern Waterthrush

September 17

1American Kestrel

September 16

1Yellow-billed Cuckoo