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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 Carolina Beach State Park

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

January 18

3Mourning Dove
1Great Horned Owl
3American Crow
1Carolina Wren
2Chipping Sparrow
1White-throated Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
1Pine Warbler
1Northern Cardinal

January 17

1Spotted Sandpiper
8Double-crested Cormorant
1Turkey Vulture
1Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
3Tree Swallow
1Northern Mockingbird
100American Robin
3Cedar Waxwing
1Common Grackle
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1Fish Crow
15Laughing Gull
28Ring-billed Gull
10American Herring Gull
2Great Black-backed Gull
7Forster's Tern
15White Ibis
1Tricolored Heron
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet
3Red-winged Blackbird
60Boat-tailed Grackle
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Red-headed Woodpecker
1Gray Catbird
1Downy Woodpecker
1Golden-crowned Kinglet
2Killdeer
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
1Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
1Brown Pelican
1Blue Jay
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
10Eastern Bluebird
2Song Sparrow
1Red-tailed Hawk

January 16

1Hairy Woodpecker
1Hermit Thrush
1House Finch
1Orange-crowned Warbler

January 14

8Canada Goose
4American Oystercatcher
2Black-bellied Plover
3Sanderling
16Dunlin
6Royal Tern
1Common Loon
1Osprey
1Northern Harrier
1Belted Kingfisher
3Northern Flicker
1Eastern Phoebe
1Blue-headed Vireo
1Northern House Wren
1Palm Warbler

January 13

1Winter Wren

January 12

1White-crowned Sparrow