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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 10

1Killdeer ✓
1Sanderling ✓
1Laughing Gull ✓
1Royal Tern ✓
15Double-crested Cormorant ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
2American Crow ✓
1Carolina Wren ✓
4House Sparrow ✓
1Northern Waterthrush ✓
1Spotted Sandpiper ✓
2Least Sandpiper ✓
3Sandwich Tern ✓
1Osprey ✓
1Fish Crow ✓
1American Redstart ✓

October 9

7Canada Goose ✓
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
2Semipalmated Plover ✓
1American Herring Gull ✓
2Great Black-backed Gull ✓
2Snowy Egret ✓
1Great Egret ✓
3Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
2Downy Woodpecker ✓
4Northern Flicker ✓
3Red-eyed Vireo ✓
6Blue Jay ✓
11Carolina Chickadee ✓
4Gray Catbird ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
3American Robin ✓
2Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
3Black-and-white Warbler ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
4Northern Parula ✓
1Blackburnian Warbler ✓
7Blackpoll Warbler ✓
2Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
1Prairie Warbler ✓
6Northern Cardinal ✓

October 8

1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
11Lesser Black-backed Gull ✓
1Caspian Tern ✓
2Forster's Tern ✓
2Turkey Vulture ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
2Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
1Bay-breasted Warbler ✓
1Northern Yellow Warbler ✓
2Mourning Dove ✓
1Peregrine Falcon ✓
4Tufted Titmouse ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
5Red-winged Blackbird ✓
4Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
1Scarlet Tanager ✓
8Common Grackle ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓
1Pine Warbler ✓
1Black-throated Green Warbler ✓

October 7

1Pied-billed Grebe ✓
1Brown Pelican ✓
1Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
2Eastern Bluebird ✓
1Cape May Warbler ✓
20House Finch ✓
2Mallard ✓
3Magnolia Warbler ✓
1Sharp-shinned Hawk ✓

October 6

1Merlin ✓
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Blue Grosbeak ✓
1Indigo Bunting ✓

October 5

1Tree Swallow ✓
1Semipalmated Sandpiper ✓
1American Pipit ✓
1Gray-cheeked Thrush ✓
1Solitary Sandpiper ✓
1Ring-billed Gull ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
2Cedar Waxwing ✓
2Baltimore Oriole ✓