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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 ACE Basin NWR--Combahee Unit

Only the most recent report per species is shown. Some reports may be pending verification.

May 6

2Wild Turkey
2Mourning Dove
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
4Common Gallinule
1Solitary Sandpiper
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Anhinga
1Little Blue Heron
3Snowy Egret
1Great Blue Heron
5Black Vulture
2Turkey Vulture
3Mississippi Kite
1Red-headed Woodpecker
3Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
2Pileated Woodpecker
4Eastern Wood-Pewee
3Acadian Flycatcher
6Great Crested Flycatcher
1Eastern Kingbird
8White-eyed Vireo
4Yellow-throated Vireo
3Red-eyed Vireo
1Blue Jay
6American Crow
1Fish Crow
3Carolina Chickadee
6Tufted Titmouse
2Tree Swallow
8Barn Swallow
2White-breasted Nuthatch
5Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Northern House Wren
6Carolina Wren
1Brown Thrasher
5Northern Mockingbird
1Eastern Bluebird
1Veery
6Cedar Waxwing
2Eastern Towhee
6Bobolink
1Orchard Oriole
20Red-winged Blackbird
3Brown-headed Cowbird
3Common Grackle
2Boat-tailed Grackle
1Ovenbird
3Swainson's Warbler
6Common Yellowthroat
7Northern Parula
1Blackburnian Warbler
2Pine Warbler
6Yellow-throated Warbler
3Summer Tanager
12Northern Cardinal
1Blue Grosbeak
1Indigo Bunting
8Painted Bunting

May 5

1Purple Gallinule
1Osprey
1Great Horned Owl
2Gray Catbird
1Wood Thrush

May 4

1Sora
1American Coot
1Bald Eagle
1Red-shouldered Hawk
2Savannah Sparrow
1Northern Yellow Warbler
2Prairie Warbler
1Rose-breasted Grosbeak

May 3

2Wood Duck
1Green Heron
1Least Bittern
1Clapper Rail
1Wilson's Snipe
1Swamp Sparrow
1Tricolored Heron
1Western Cattle-Egret
2Great Egret