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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.

October 19

139Blue-winged Teal ✓
2Mallard ✓
38Mottled Duck ✓
3Eurasian Collared-Dove ✓
12Mourning Dove ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
10Clapper Rail ✓
2Virginia Rail ✓
3Sora ✓
111Common Gallinule
18American Coot ✓
1Killdeer ✓
1Wilson's Snipe ✓
5Greater Yellowlegs ✓
1Bonaparte's Gull ✓
7Laughing Gull ✓
1Ring-billed Gull ✓
1Caspian Tern ✓
6Forster's Tern ✓
4Royal Tern ✓
32Pied-billed Grebe ✓
7Wood Stork ✓
3Anhinga ✓
6Double-crested Cormorant ✓
162White Ibis ✓
81Glossy Ibis
4Roseate Spoonbill ✓
1American Bittern ✓
4Black-crowned Night Heron ✓
11Little Blue Heron ✓
44Tricolored Heron ✓
20Snowy Egret ✓
1Green Heron ✓
27Great Egret ✓
12Great Blue Heron ✓
1Black Vulture ✓
3Turkey Vulture ✓
1Osprey ✓
1Sharp-shinned Hawk ✓
3Cooper's Hawk ✓
2Northern Harrier ✓
3Bald Eagle ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
2Red-tailed Hawk ✓
4Belted Kingfisher ✓
3Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
2Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
6Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
4Downy Woodpecker ✓
3Northern Flicker ✓
1Merlin ✓
9Eastern Phoebe ✓
1White-eyed Vireo ✓
6Blue Jay ✓
3American Crow ✓
22Fish Crow ✓
7Carolina Chickadee ✓
2Tufted Titmouse ✓
125Tree Swallow ✓
8Barn Swallow ✓
5Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
2Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
5Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
8Northern House Wren ✓
1Sedge Wren ✓
21Marsh Wren ✓
2Carolina Wren ✓
11Gray Catbird ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
8Northern Mockingbird ✓
10Eastern Bluebird ✓
1White-crowned Sparrow ✓
2White-throated Sparrow ✓
10Savannah Sparrow ✓
7Song Sparrow ✓
104Swamp Sparrow
6Eastern Towhee ✓
2Eastern Meadowlark ✓
80Red-winged Blackbird ✓
27Common Grackle ✓
15Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
30Common Yellowthroat ✓
2Northern Parula ✓
14Palm Warbler ✓
5Pine Warbler ✓
39Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Yellow-throated Warbler ✓
8Northern Cardinal ✓
1Indigo Bunting ✓

October 18

1American Kestrel ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
2Black-and-white Warbler ✓
1Painted Bunting ✓

October 17

1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓