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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.

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Recent reports from Pitt Street Causeway

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

December 26

5Clapper Rail
50Semipalmated Plover
6Laughing Gull
2Double-crested Cormorant
1Snowy Egret
1Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
26Brown Pelican
2Marsh Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
5Seaside Sparrow
1Savannah Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
15Boat-tailed Grackle
1Palm Warbler
3Bufflehead
18Ring-billed Gull
16Forster's Tern
6Royal Tern
1White Ibis
2Turkey Vulture
1Belted Kingfisher
2American Crow
1Nelson's Sparrow
3Swamp Sparrow
35Red-winged Blackbird
7Canada Goose
11Hooded Merganser
1Mourning Dove
5American Oystercatcher
7Willet
3Ruddy Turnstone
11Sanderling
1Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Downy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
3Carolina Chickadee
2Tufted Titmouse
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Carolina Wren
4House Finch
8Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Northern Cardinal

December 25

1Osprey
3House Sparrow
1White-throated Sparrow
2Pine Warbler

December 24

1Anhinga

December 22

6Dunlin
5Lesser Black-backed Gull

December 21

1Black-bellied Plover
1Bald Eagle
1Greater Yellowlegs
2American Herring Gull
2Tree Swallow