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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 Bear Island WMA (fall and winter restricted access)

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

September 13

7Blue-winged Teal
11Mourning Dove
4Common Gallinule
2Laughing Gull
5Pied-billed Grebe
5White Ibis
1Roseate Spoonbill
4Tricolored Heron
2Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
3Turkey Vulture
2Osprey
1Bald Eagle
3Belted Kingfisher
3Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
7Eastern Kingbird
1White-eyed Vireo
10Blue Jay
3American Crow
4Fish Crow
1Tufted Titmouse
1White-breasted Nuthatch
3Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Northern House Wren
2Carolina Wren
4Eastern Bluebird
4Eastern Towhee
2Brown-headed Cowbird
4Boat-tailed Grackle
4Common Yellowthroat
3American Redstart
1Prairie Warbler
2Northern Cardinal
1Blue Grosbeak

September 11

6Mottled Duck
1Gull-billed Tern
7Little Blue Heron
3Snowy Egret
1Green Heron
1Black Vulture
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Great Crested Flycatcher
2Carolina Chickadee
4Northern Mockingbird
1Baltimore Oriole
25Red-winged Blackbird
20Common Grackle
2Northern Parula
3Yellow Warbler
3Palm Warbler
1Pine Warbler
1Summer Tanager
1Painted Bunting

September 9

1Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Greater Yellowlegs
1Ring-billed Gull
1Glossy Ibis
1Cooper's Hawk
1Great Horned Owl
1Northern Flicker
1American Kestrel
6Barn Swallow
1Marsh Wren
1American Goldfinch
3Bobolink

September 7

1Scarlet Tanager
1Wood Duck
2Eurasian Collared-Dove
2Clapper Rail
1Forster's Tern
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Hairy Woodpecker
2Eastern Wood-Pewee
2Brown-headed Nuthatch