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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.

February 16

12Canada Goose
34Tundra Swan
3American Black Duck
1Killdeer
1Solitary Sandpiper
26Bonaparte's Gull
1Black-headed Gull
23Ring-billed Gull
2American Herring Gull
2Great Black-backed Gull
1White Ibis
3Snowy Egret
3Great Egret
9American Crow
2European Starling
2American Robin
50Common Grackle
2Boat-tailed Grackle
1Yellow-rumped Warbler

February 15

1Snow Goose
2Mallard
3Hooded Merganser
1Greater Yellowlegs
2Double-crested Cormorant
1Tufted Titmouse
1Carolina Wren
3Red-winged Blackbird
2Pine Warbler
6Greater Scaup
3Mourning Dove
1Wilson's Snipe
2Sanderling
1Turkey Vulture
1Downy Woodpecker
3Blue Jay
2Carolina Chickadee
2Golden-crowned Kinglet
1Gray Catbird
1Eastern Bluebird
2House Finch
2White-throated Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
3Swamp Sparrow
1Palm Warbler
1Surf Scoter
1Bufflehead
2Lesser Black-backed Gull
1Tricolored Heron
1Great Blue Heron
1Cooper's Hawk
1Eastern Phoebe
2Fish Crow
2Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Winter Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
35House Sparrow
6American Goldfinch
1Orange-crowned Warbler
4Northern Cardinal

February 14

2Canvasback
2Red-breasted Merganser
3Dunlin
1Bald Eagle
4Redhead
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Short-billed Dowitcher

February 13

18Lesser Scaup
2Hermit Thrush
1Forster's Tern
1American Kestrel
11Western Sandpiper
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
15Cedar Waxwing
2Painted Bunting

February 12

1Black-and-white Warbler
1Brown Pelican
8Rock Pigeon
1Horned Grebe

February 11

1Marsh Wren

February 10

1Black-bellied Plover
1Least Sandpiper