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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.

October 26

100Blue-winged Teal
30Northern Shoveler
20American Wigeon
50Mottled Duck
5Green-winged Teal
2Mourning Dove
1Sora
2Common Gallinule
3American Avocet
1Wilson's Snipe
30Lesser Yellowlegs
5Greater Yellowlegs
20Least Sandpiper
2Forster's Tern
15Pied-billed Grebe
1Double-crested Cormorant
2White Ibis
8Glossy Ibis
8Roseate Spoonbill
4Little Blue Heron
5Tricolored Heron
5Snowy Egret
4Great Egret
10Great Blue Heron
30American White Pelican
1Turkey Vulture
4Northern Harrier
2Bald Eagle
5Belted Kingfisher
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1American Kestrel
1Peregrine Falcon
1Eastern Phoebe
1Blue Jay
1Marsh Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
10Eastern Bluebird
4Boat-tailed Grackle
10Palm Warbler
2Northern Cardinal

October 22

2Downy Woodpecker
1Northern Flicker
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Eastern Towhee
50Red-winged Blackbird
3Clapper Rail
2Virginia Rail
30American Coot
1Royal Tern
3American Bittern
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
3Black Vulture
1Osprey
2Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1Pileated Woodpecker
4American Crow
2Carolina Chickadee
30Tree Swallow
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
3Northern House Wren
1Carolina Wren
5Gray Catbird
7Savannah Sparrow
8Song Sparrow
15Swamp Sparrow
4Bobolink
8Common Yellowthroat
7Yellow-rumped Warbler
16Indigo Bunting
3Eurasian Collared-Dove
6Short-billed Dowitcher
1Red-shouldered Hawk
2Tufted Titmouse
5Northern Rough-winged Swallow
4Brown-headed Nuthatch
4Sedge Wren
1Black-and-white Warbler