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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.

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Recent reports from Litchfield Beach

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

November 12

1Mourning Dove ✓
1Clapper Rail ✓
5Black-bellied Plover ✓
100Dunlin ✓
10Laughing Gull ✓
4Ring-billed Gull ✓
2Caspian Tern ✓
3Royal Tern ✓
2Wood Stork ✓
6Double-crested Cormorant ✓
3White Ibis ✓
1Black-crowned Night Heron ✓
2Little Blue Heron ✓
1Tricolored Heron ✓
4Snowy Egret ✓
3Great Egret ✓
5Great Blue Heron ✓
60American White Pelican ✓
4Brown Pelican ✓
2Turkey Vulture ✓
1Osprey ✓
3Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
2American Crow ✓
1Fish Crow ✓
3Tree Swallow ✓
5Northern Mockingbird ✓
4Eastern Bluebird ✓
3House Sparrow ✓
1House Finch ✓
3Red-winged Blackbird ✓
4Common Grackle ✓
5Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
15Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
2Northern Cardinal ✓

November 11

1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Carolina Chickadee ✓
1Bald Eagle ✓
2Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
1Carolina Wren ✓
5Canada Goose ✓
15Black Scoter ✓
1Prairie Willet ✓
1Greater Yellowlegs ✓
1Sanderling ✓
2Forster's Tern ✓
3Red-throated Loon ✓
1Blue Jay ✓
1Tufted Titmouse ✓
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
2White-throated Sparrow ✓
4Song Sparrow ✓
1Eastern Towhee ✓
2Pine Warbler ✓

November 10

6Eurasian Collared-Dove ✓
12Hudsonian Whimbrel ✓