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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.

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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.

June 27

9Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
6Mottled Duck
7Wild Turkey
11Mourning Dove
1King Rail
12Common Gallinule
2Purple Gallinule
7Laughing Gull
1Black Skimmer
3Forster's Tern
2Pied-billed Grebe
4Anhinga
1Double-crested Cormorant
3Least Bittern
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Tricolored Heron
5Snowy Egret
1Green Heron
9Great Egret
5Great Blue Heron
1Black Vulture
1Turkey Vulture
1Swallow-tailed Kite
1Red-headed Woodpecker
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
1Great Crested Flycatcher
5Eastern Kingbird
1Blue Jay
5American Crow
1Fish Crow
1Tufted Titmouse
1Purple Martin
2Carolina Wren
3Brown Thrasher
5Northern Mockingbird
1Eastern Bluebird
2Eastern Towhee
15Red-winged Blackbird
1Brown-headed Cowbird
3Common Grackle
5Boat-tailed Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat
8Northern Cardinal
2Blue Grosbeak
1Indigo Bunting
3Painted Bunting

June 24

1Eurasian Collared-Dove
1Ring-billed Gull
1Osprey
1Cooper's Hawk
12Mississippi Kite
2Downy Woodpecker
1White-eyed Vireo
2Carolina Chickadee
6Barn Swallow
2Brown-headed Nuthatch
2Orchard Oriole
1Pine Warbler