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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.

July 31

28Mottled Duck
1Eurasian Collared-Dove
5Mourning Dove
3Clapper Rail
36Common Gallinule
6Black-necked Stilt
1Killdeer
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Lesser Yellowlegs
3Greater Yellowlegs
1Least Sandpiper
75Laughing Gull
4Least Tern
12Gull-billed Tern
3Forster's Tern
1Royal Tern
17Pied-billed Grebe
8Wood Stork
7Anhinga
2Double-crested Cormorant
1White Ibis
15Glossy Ibis
2Roseate Spoonbill
2Least Bittern
1Little Blue Heron
6Tricolored Heron
2Snowy Egret
3Green Heron
5Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
1Black Vulture
1Turkey Vulture
2Osprey
24Swallow-tailed Kite
13Mississippi Kite
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
5Eastern Wood-Pewee
3Great Crested Flycatcher
9Eastern Kingbird
1White-eyed Vireo
3Blue Jay
10American Crow
4Carolina Chickadee
3Tufted Titmouse
300Tree Swallow
3Barn Swallow
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
6Carolina Wren
2Northern Mockingbird
1Eastern Bluebird
3Eastern Towhee
30Red-winged Blackbird
1Brown-headed Cowbird
2Common Grackle
4Boat-tailed Grackle
3Common Yellowthroat
2Pine Warbler
2Northern Cardinal
6Blue Grosbeak
1Indigo Bunting
3Painted Bunting

July 29

1Red-headed Woodpecker

July 27

2Mallard
1Purple Gallinule
1Red-necked Phalarope
2Black Skimmer
2Fish Crow
2Purple Martin
4Cliff Swallow

July 25

1Sandwich Tern