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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.

April 15

2Mottled Duck
7Mourning Dove
1Clapper Rail
1American Coot
6Black-necked Stilt
1Killdeer
25Short-billed Dowitcher
8Long-billed Dowitcher
21Lesser Yellowlegs
4Willet
14Greater Yellowlegs
23Dunlin
2Pectoral Sandpiper
5Laughing Gull
2Least Tern
4Forster's Tern
2Pied-billed Grebe
2Wood Stork
1Anhinga
3Double-crested Cormorant
14Glossy Ibis
25Roseate Spoonbill
4Little Blue Heron
5Tricolored Heron
65Snowy Egret
155Great Egret
4Great Blue Heron
38American White Pelican
2Brown Pelican
2Black Vulture
9Turkey Vulture
2Osprey
4Bald Eagle
1Red-headed Woodpecker
5Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
4Great Crested Flycatcher
7Eastern Kingbird
5White-eyed Vireo
7Blue Jay
6American Crow
4Carolina Chickadee
5Tufted Titmouse
250Tree Swallow
4Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Marsh Wren
5Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
6Northern Mockingbird
3Eastern Bluebird
2American Robin
4House Finch
2Seaside Sparrow
2Savannah Sparrow
3Eastern Towhee
3Orchard Oriole
29Red-winged Blackbird
2Brown-headed Cowbird
4Common Grackle
28Boat-tailed Grackle
2Common Yellowthroat
2Pine Warbler
4Yellow-throated Warbler
4Northern Cardinal

April 14

1Blue-winged Teal
2Mallard

April 13

2Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
19Common Gallinule
8Black-bellied Plover
2Least Sandpiper
6Black-crowned Night Heron
2Green Heron
1Red-shouldered Hawk
3Fish Crow
3Purple Martin
1Barn Swallow
1White-breasted Nuthatch
4Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Brown Thrasher
6White-throated Sparrow
2Song Sparrow
5Swamp Sparrow
5Northern Parula
1Indigo Bunting
1Painted Bunting

April 12

2Stilt Sandpiper
5Ring-billed Gull
1Caspian Tern
1White Ibis
1Eastern Screech-Owl
1Belted Kingfisher
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Sedge Wren
5Cedar Waxwing
3Yellow-rumped Warbler

April 9

XMerlin
1Northern Harrier
1Northern House Wren
2Chipping Sparrow
1Prairie Warbler