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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.

May 19

4Mottled Duck
2Mourning Dove
5Common Nighthawk
1Chuck-will's-widow
4Common Gallinule
5Black-necked Stilt
1Black-bellied Plover
2Killdeer
1Semipalmated Plover
1Hudsonian Whimbrel
2Spotted Sandpiper
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Greater Yellowlegs
2White-rumped Sandpiper
2Least Sandpiper
50Semipalmated Sandpiper
2Laughing Gull
1Wood Stork
1Anhinga
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Roseate Spoonbill
1Least Bittern
6Black-crowned Night Heron
4Tricolored Heron
1Snowy Egret
1Green Heron
1Great Blue Heron
1Black Vulture
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
1Great Crested Flycatcher
2Eastern Kingbird
1Blue Jay
1Carolina Chickadee
2Carolina Wren
4Northern Mockingbird
2Eastern Bluebird
6Eastern Towhee
1Orchard Oriole
40Red-winged Blackbird
6Brown-headed Cowbird
2Common Grackle
8Boat-tailed Grackle
4Common Yellowthroat
1Yellow-throated Warbler
8Northern Cardinal

May 17

1Mississippi Kite

May 16

2Piping Plover
1Gull-billed Tern
2Great Egret

May 15

4Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
1Canada Goose
2Wood Duck
1Clapper Rail
1Purple Gallinule
3Short-billed Dowitcher
1Little Blue Heron
1American White Pelican
1Osprey
1Red-shouldered Hawk
2White-eyed Vireo
1Red-eyed Vireo
10American Crow
1Tufted Titmouse
8Tree Swallow
2Purple Martin
2Northern Rough-winged Swallow
5Cliff Swallow
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Sedge Wren
4Marsh Wren
1Brown Thrasher
1American Robin
2Yellow-breasted Chat
2Northern Parula
1Northern Yellow Warbler
2Pine Warbler
1Summer Tanager
1Blue Grosbeak
1Painted Bunting

May 13

80Dunlin
40Black Skimmer
4Least Tern
3Forster's Tern
2Fish Crow
4Barn Swallow
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Indigo Bunting