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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.

May 16

29Mallard
3Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Black-bellied Plover
8Killdeer
14Semipalmated Plover
15Least Sandpiper
3Semipalmated Sandpiper
3Laughing Gull
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
1Green Heron
3Osprey
1Belted Kingfisher
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1Eastern Kingbird
1Blue Jay
3Fish Crow
3Carolina Chickadee
5Purple Martin
3Barn Swallow
2Northern House Wren
12European Starling
3Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
12American Robin
1Baltimore Oriole
50Red-winged Blackbird
6Common Grackle
10Boat-tailed Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat
3Blackpoll Warbler
2Northern Cardinal
1Blue Grosbeak
1Painted Bunting
1Mourning Dove
2Chimney Swift
2American Crow
1Carolina Wren

May 14

1Ruddy Turnstone
1Snowy Egret
1Tree Swallow
1Northern Waterthrush
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Solitary Sandpiper
1Downy Woodpecker
1Red-eyed Vireo
1Turkey Vulture
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Prothonotary Warbler
2Northern Parula
1Magnolia Warbler
1Bay-breasted Warbler
1Northern Yellow Warbler
2Sandwich Tern
2Royal Tern
2Great Egret
2House Sparrow
1House Finch
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Black-throated Blue Warbler

May 12

1Bald Eagle
2Lesser Yellowlegs
1Brown-headed Cowbird
3Spotted Sandpiper
10Sanderling

May 11

5Bonaparte's Gull
1Cooper's Hawk
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Cape May Warbler
1American Herring Gull
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
8Black Skimmer
1Little Blue Heron
1Brown Pelican
1Cliff Swallow
1Orchard Oriole
1Indigo Bunting

May 10

1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Eastern Bluebird
2American Goldfinch
1Swainson's Thrush
1Yellow-breasted Chat
1Yellow-rumped Warbler