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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.

May 18

1Mourning Dove
1Tricolored Heron
1Turkey Vulture
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Great Crested Flycatcher
1American Crow
5Brown-headed Nuthatch
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Boat-tailed Grackle
1Summer Tanager
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
4Laughing Gull
1Royal Tern
4Great Egret
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Red-eyed Vireo
2Carolina Chickadee
3Tufted Titmouse
1Purple Martin
1Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
1Eastern Bluebird
2Chipping Sparrow
2Brown-headed Cowbird
1Common Grackle
1Prothonotary Warbler
2Pine Warbler
2Northern Cardinal

May 17

2Common Nighthawk
3Chimney Swift
1Great Blue Heron
1Blue Jay
1Yellow-throated Warbler
1Indigo Bunting
1Painted Bunting
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Green Heron
1Osprey
1Great Horned Owl
5Brown Pelican
1Mississippi Kite
3Red-headed Woodpecker
2Downy Woodpecker
1Hairy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Eastern Kingbird
1Fish Crow
2Eastern Towhee
2Northern Parula
1Barn Swallow
1Yellow-breasted Chat
3Sandwich Tern
1Blue Grosbeak
6Canada Goose
1Black-whiskered Vireo
1Little Blue Heron
1Snowy Egret
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Brown Thrasher
2House Finch

May 16

3Spotted Sandpiper
1Solitary Sandpiper
1Least Sandpiper
1Ring-billed Gull
1Anhinga
1Belted Kingfisher
1European Starling
1Wood Thrush
1Cooper's Hawk
1White-eyed Vireo
1American Robin
1Killdeer
1Gray Catbird
1Least Tern
1Black-billed Cuckoo
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Song Sparrow
1Red-winged Blackbird
2Chuck-will's-widow

May 15

2Caspian Tern
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
2Mallard
2White Ibis
1Great Black-backed Gull
1Black Vulture
1Bald Eagle
1Black-and-white Warbler
3Semipalmated Plover
1Forster's Tern
2Cedar Waxwing
2Blackpoll Warbler
1Palm Warbler