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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 Bear Island WMA (fall and winter restricted access)

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

January 1

80Tundra Swan
12Northern Shoveler
4Gadwall
2American Wigeon
2American Black Duck
6Mottled Duck
1Canvasback
10Redhead
8Bufflehead
1Eurasian Collared-Dove
2Common Gallinule
2Sandhill Crane
2Ring-billed Gull
3Pied-billed Grebe
2White Ibis
1Snowy Egret
2Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
40Fish Crow
1Northern House Wren
2Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Lesser Scaup
3Hooded Merganser
1Little Blue Heron
1Common Eider
3Tricolored Heron
2Turkey Vulture
1Belted Kingfisher
2Eastern Bluebird
8Blue-winged Teal
4Green-winged Teal
1Clapper Rail
1Sora
3Greater Yellowlegs
3Laughing Gull
1American Herring Gull
1Green Heron
2Brown Pelican
1Osprey
1Song Sparrow
1Orange-crowned Warbler
2Double-crested Cormorant
5Black Vulture
2Bald Eagle
3American Crow
1Northern Mockingbird
2Wood Duck
2Mourning Dove
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Sedge Wren
1Hermit Thrush
2Red-winged Blackbird
1Palm Warbler

December 29

6Mallard
4Northern Pintail
37Ruddy Duck
1Virginia Rail
4Forster's Tern
1Blue Jay

December 28

15American Coot

December 27

5American White Pelican
1Northern Flicker
1American Kestrel
3Common Grackle