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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 Cape Romain NWR--Bulls Island

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

May 15

1Black-bellied Plover
2Laughing Gull
1Least Tern
2Brown Pelican
1Turkey Vulture
2Great Crested Flycatcher
1Northern Cardinal
2Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
2Mourning Dove
2Common Gallinule
2Black-necked Stilt
4American Oystercatcher
2Killdeer
4Semipalmated Plover
6Hudsonian Whimbrel
6Short-billed Dowitcher
1Spotted Sandpiper
3Willet
2Ruddy Turnstone
12Red Knot
5Sanderling
3Dunlin
2Least Sandpiper
4Semipalmated Sandpiper
2Ring-billed Gull
22Black Skimmer
2Forster's Tern
4Royal Tern
2Wood Stork
2Double-crested Cormorant
4Glossy Ibis
4Roseate Spoonbill
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
1Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
2Snowy Egret
2Green Heron
8Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
2Bald Eagle
2Purple Martin
3Barn Swallow
1Marsh Wren
2Carolina Wren
3Red-winged Blackbird
2Brown-headed Cowbird
1Boat-tailed Grackle
1Northern Parula
1Summer Tanager
1Painted Bunting

May 12

10Mottled Duck
30Marbled Godwit
3Lesser Yellowlegs
2Western Sandpiper
7Gull-billed Tern
2Sandwich Tern
3Anhinga
2Black Vulture
3Osprey
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1White-eyed Vireo
1Red-eyed Vireo
2Blue Jay
10Carolina Chickadee
2Tufted Titmouse
2Northern Rough-winged Swallow
3Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
5Cedar Waxwing
2Common Yellowthroat
1Northern Yellow Warbler
5Pine Warbler
1Yellow-throated Warbler