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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.

May 17

6Mottled Duck
3Common Gallinule
5Black-necked Stilt
1Killdeer
1Forster's Tern
1Royal Tern
1Anhinga
2Tricolored Heron
2Green Heron
2Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
1Mississippi Kite
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Great Crested Flycatcher
3Eastern Kingbird
1Blue Jay
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Carolina Wren
2Northern Mockingbird
3Eastern Towhee
5Orchard Oriole
XRed-winged Blackbird
XCommon Grackle
XBoat-tailed Grackle
2Common Yellowthroat
4Painted Bunting
1Black-bellied Plover
80Semipalmated Plover
5Short-billed Dowitcher
10Lesser Yellowlegs
4Greater Yellowlegs
15Stilt Sandpiper
250Dunlin
3White-rumped Sandpiper
1100Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Laughing Gull
9Wood Stork
1Least Bittern
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
12Snowy Egret
1Black Vulture
1Turkey Vulture
3Bald Eagle
1American Barn Owl
1Northern Flicker
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
2Tufted Titmouse
1Brown Thrasher
3Summer Tanager
1Northern Cardinal
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Osprey
1Blue-winged Teal
1Eurasian Collared-Dove
7Mourning Dove
1Whimbrel
1Willet
6Black Skimmer
1Red-tailed Hawk
1American Crow
2Fish Crow
5Eastern Bluebird

May 16

5Western Sandpiper
1Little Blue Heron
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Northern Parula
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
2Long-billed Dowitcher
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Solitary Sandpiper
50Least Sandpiper
1Gull-billed Tern
10White Ibis
4Glossy Ibis
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Acadian Flycatcher
2White-eyed Vireo
1Yellow-throated Vireo
2Carolina Chickadee
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Yellow-breasted Chat
2Hooded Warbler
2Pine Warbler
1Prairie Warbler
2Blue Grosbeak
4Indigo Bunting
4Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
6Canada Goose
2Wood Duck
1Northern Bobwhite
3Chuck-will's-widow
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
4Clapper Rail
3American Coot
1Purple Gallinule
3Pied-billed Grebe
3Western Cattle-Egret
1Cooper's Hawk
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Red-headed Woodpecker
4Downy Woodpecker
4Purple Martin
3Barn Swallow
1Gray Catbird
5American Robin
18Cedar Waxwing
1Seaside Sparrow
11Brown-headed Cowbird

May 14

1Ring-billed Gull
1Black Tern
1Yellow-throated Warbler

May 12

1American Wigeon
7American Avocet
2Bonaparte's Gull
10Roseate Spoonbill