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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 2

5Chuck-will's-widow
2Sora
9Common Gallinule
4Black Skimmer
1Eastern Screech-Owl
1Great Horned Owl

May 1

2Blue-winged Teal
1Mottled Duck
2Eurasian Collared-Dove
2Mourning Dove
1Clapper Rail
2American Coot
4Black-necked Stilt
2Black-bellied Plover
4Killdeer
2Semipalmated Plover
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Greater Yellowlegs
30Least Sandpiper
5Laughing Gull
1Least Tern
1Gull-billed Tern
1Black Tern
2Sandwich Tern
1Royal Tern
1Wood Stork
2Anhinga
2Double-crested Cormorant
5Roseate Spoonbill
1Snowy Egret
3Green Heron
4Great Egret
4Great Blue Heron
35American White Pelican
6Black Vulture
2Eastern Kingbird
2Blue Jay
2American Crow
4Carolina Wren
2Northern Mockingbird
5Eastern Bluebird
7Cedar Waxwing
3Savannah Sparrow
1Bobolink
1Orchard Oriole
1Brown-headed Cowbird
9Boat-tailed Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat
2Pine Warbler
5Northern Cardinal

April 30

2Wild Turkey
3Common Nighthawk
3Little Blue Heron
1Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1Northern Harrier
1Bald Eagle
1Belted Kingfisher
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1White-eyed Vireo
1Fish Crow
1Hermit Thrush
1Eastern Towhee
7Red-winged Blackbird
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
3American Avocet
2Spotted Sandpiper
2Dunlin
2Semipalmated Sandpiper
2Forster's Tern
2Pied-billed Grebe
1White Ibis
17Glossy Ibis
1Black-crowned Night Heron
4Tricolored Heron
1Western Cattle-Egret
1Red-tailed Hawk
5Red-bellied Woodpecker
4Downy Woodpecker
2Pileated Woodpecker
1Yellow-throated Vireo
1Red-eyed Vireo
3Carolina Chickadee
3Tufted Titmouse
1Bank Swallow
44Tree Swallow
9Northern Rough-winged Swallow
37Barn Swallow
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
3Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Sedge Wren
1Marsh Wren
2Gray Catbird
1Swamp Sparrow
5Common Grackle
1Northern Parula
1Yellow-throated Warbler
1Summer Tanager
1Blue Grosbeak
1Indigo Bunting
3Painted Bunting

April 29

1Bonaparte's Gull
1Ring-billed Gull
1Caspian Tern
1Mississippi Kite
1White-throated Sparrow