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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.

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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.

April 25

6Mottled Duck
8Mourning Dove
4Common Gallinule
15Black-necked Stilt
2Black-bellied Plover
10Killdeer
40Semipalmated Plover
1Short-billed Dowitcher
1Spotted Sandpiper
80Lesser Yellowlegs
20Greater Yellowlegs
2Stilt Sandpiper
50Dunlin
2Least Sandpiper
2Semipalmated Sandpiper
40Laughing Gull
1Ring-billed Gull
30Black Skimmer
4Gull-billed Tern
2Caspian Tern
10Forster's Tern
1Royal Tern
1Anhinga
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Glossy Ibis
3Roseate Spoonbill
2Little Blue Heron
5Tricolored Heron
30Snowy Egret
4Great Egret
3Great Blue Heron
3American White Pelican
2Black Vulture
7Turkey Vulture
2Bald Eagle
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Eastern Wood-Pewee
2Great Crested Flycatcher
2Eastern Kingbird
4White-eyed Vireo
4Blue Jay
2American Crow
1Tufted Titmouse
2Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
3Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
4Northern Mockingbird
4Eastern Bluebird
1White-throated Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
2Eastern Towhee
2Orchard Oriole
40Red-winged Blackbird
2Brown-headed Cowbird
4Common Grackle
5Boat-tailed Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat
4Pine Warbler
1Yellow-throated Warbler
10Northern Cardinal
3Painted Bunting

April 23

3Red-headed Woodpecker
2Downy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Northern Flicker
2Carolina Chickadee
20Tree Swallow
1Brown Thrasher
1Hermit Thrush

April 20

2Eurasian Collared-Dove
3Willet
3Wood Stork
1Osprey
XClapper Rail
XPied-billed Grebe
XFish Crow
XRuby-crowned Kinglet
XSedge Wren
XSavannah Sparrow
XBlack-and-white Warbler
XNorthern Parula
XYellow-rumped Warbler
XBlue Grosbeak