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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.

February 14

84Tundra Swan
2Blue-winged Teal
120Northern Shoveler
12American Wigeon
2Mallard
2American Black Duck
2Mottled Duck
4Northern Pintail
2Eurasian Collared-Dove
7Mourning Dove
5Common Gallinule
3Wilson's Snipe
6Greater Yellowlegs
1Ring-billed Gull
1Caspian Tern
2Forster's Tern
1Royal Tern
1Pied-billed Grebe
1Wood Stork
2Double-crested Cormorant
15White Ibis
3Glossy Ibis
4Tricolored Heron
5Snowy Egret
5Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
1American White Pelican
3Turkey Vulture
2Northern Harrier
1Bald Eagle
1Belted Kingfisher
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Northern Flicker
1Eastern Phoebe
5Fish Crow
1Carolina Chickadee
7Eastern Bluebird
1Song Sparrow
4Red-winged Blackbird
8Boat-tailed Grackle
21Yellow-rumped Warbler
6Hooded Merganser
10American Coot
1Black-bellied Plover
1Killdeer
1Lesser Yellowlegs
3Roseate Spoonbill
3Little Blue Heron
2Brown Pelican
2Black Vulture
1Gray Catbird
2Swamp Sparrow
4Gadwall
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Eastern Screech-Owl
2Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
1American Kestrel
1Merlin
2Blue Jay
4American Crow
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
2Marsh Wren
2Northern Mockingbird
4White-throated Sparrow
2Eastern Towhee
2Common Grackle
4Pine Warbler
2Northern Cardinal
1Redhead
24Black-crowned Night Heron
1Red-shouldered Hawk
3Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Northern House Wren
1Carolina Wren
10Cedar Waxwing
3Clapper Rail
2Osprey
4Green-winged Teal
1American Bittern
4Tufted Titmouse
15Tree Swallow
1Dunlin
11Least Sandpiper
1Bonaparte's Gull
1Great Black-backed Gull
2House Finch
2Savannah Sparrow
1White-eyed Vireo
1Hermit Thrush
1Orange-crowned Warbler
2Canada Goose
3Willet
1Sedge Wren
1American Robin
2Rock Pigeon
1Dark-eyed Junco
1Baltimore Oriole
1Common Yellowthroat
1Palm Warbler
2Short-billed Dowitcher
1Anhinga
2White-breasted Nuthatch
1Bufflehead

February 13

1Sora
1Green Heron
1Brown Thrasher
1Black-and-white Warbler
1American Pipit
1Eastern Meadowlark
1European Starling
8Long-billed Dowitcher
XVesper Sparrow
3Ruddy Turnstone
2American Goldfinch

February 12

1Loggerhead Shrike
21Chipping Sparrow
1Red-headed Woodpecker

February 11

1Peregrine Falcon

February 10

1Golden-crowned Kinglet
9Brown-headed Cowbird
4Wood Duck
23Lesser Scaup
1Barred Owl
2Ring-necked Duck
1Virginia Rail
4Field Sparrow
1Lincoln's Sparrow
1King Rail
1Winter Wren

February 9

1Sharp-shinned Hawk
1Laughing Gull
2American Avocet