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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 Bonner Bridge Pier

Only the most recent report per species is shown. Some reports may be pending verification.

September 6

XCanada Goose
2American Oystercatcher
2Killdeer
7Laughing Gull
1American Herring Gull
4Forster's Tern
3Royal Tern
2Northern Mockingbird

September 5

1Semipalmated Plover
1Least Sandpiper

September 4

1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Willet
1Ruddy Turnstone
5Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Caspian Tern
2Double-crested Cormorant
2Common Grackle
4Boat-tailed Grackle

September 2

1Rock Pigeon
5Mourning Dove
4Black-necked Stilt
1Short-billed Dowitcher
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Stilt Sandpiper
1Pectoral Sandpiper
1Great Black-backed Gull
4Black Tern
7Common Tern
19White Ibis
3Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
5Brown Pelican
1Osprey
3European Starling

September 1

2Black-bellied Plover
3Piping Plover
2Long-billed Dowitcher
14Sanderling
6Western Sandpiper
2Ring-billed Gull
15Black Skimmer
16Least Tern
5Sandwich Tern
1Green Heron
1Tree Swallow
1Carolina Wren
4Red-winged Blackbird
1Northern Yellow Warbler