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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 14

2Royal Tern ✓
1Snowy Egret ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
2Northern Flicker ✓
1Merlin ✓
4American Crow ✓
3Carolina Chickadee ✓
1Tufted Titmouse ✓
1Gray Catbird ✓
2House Finch ✓
3Red-winged Blackbird ✓
1Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
1Northern Cardinal ✓
2Canada Goose ✓
3Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
5Laughing Gull ✓
1Lesser Black-backed Gull ✓
54Double-crested Cormorant ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
2Osprey ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
3Downy Woodpecker ✓
2Blue Jay ✓
2Fish Crow ✓
2Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
2Carolina Wren ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
1American Robin ✓
3House Sparrow ✓
1Black-and-white Warbler ✓
8American Redstart ✓
1Cape May Warbler ✓
2Northern Parula ✓
1Magnolia Warbler ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓
2Mallard ✓
1Peregrine Falcon ✓
1Song Sparrow ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Sora ✓
1Northern Harrier ✓
1Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
3Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
2Blackpoll Warbler ✓
1Rose-breasted Grosbeak ✓

October 13

5Mourning Dove ✓
1Brown Pelican ✓
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
2Red-breasted Nuthatch ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
1Eastern Bluebird ✓
1Blue Grosbeak ✓

October 12

1Eastern Phoebe ✓
1White-eyed Vireo ✓
1Red-eyed Vireo ✓
1Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓

October 10

1Killdeer ✓
1Sanderling ✓
1Northern Waterthrush ✓
1Spotted Sandpiper ✓
2Least Sandpiper ✓
3Sandwich Tern ✓

October 9

2Semipalmated Plover ✓
1American Herring Gull ✓
2Great Black-backed Gull ✓
1Great Egret ✓
1Blackburnian Warbler ✓
1Prairie Warbler ✓

October 8

1Caspian Tern ✓
2Forster's Tern ✓
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
1Bay-breasted Warbler ✓
1Northern Yellow Warbler ✓
1Scarlet Tanager ✓
8Common Grackle ✓
1Pine Warbler ✓
1Black-throated Green Warbler ✓