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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.

November 14

7Wood Duck ✓
4Ruddy Duck ✓
2Mourning Dove ✓
4American Oystercatcher ✓
18Black-bellied Plover ✓
14Semipalmated Plover ✓
1Long-billed Curlew
25Marbled Godwit ✓
34Short-billed Dowitcher ✓
1Spotted Sandpiper ✓
53Prairie Willet
12Ruddy Turnstone ✓
5Sanderling ✓
10Dunlin ✓
200Western Sandpiper
210Laughing Gull ✓
14Ring-billed Gull ✓
34American Herring Gull ✓
1Great Black-backed Gull ✓
8Forster's Tern ✓
2Sandwich Tern ✓
2Royal Tern ✓
2Pied-billed Grebe ✓
1Wood Stork ✓
28Double-crested Cormorant ✓
14White Ibis ✓
2Tricolored Heron ✓
5Snowy Egret ✓
3Great Egret ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
2American White Pelican ✓
32Brown Pelican ✓
4Turkey Vulture ✓
2Osprey ✓
1Northern Harrier ✓
3Bald Eagle ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
2Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
2Northern Flicker ✓
1American Kestrel ✓
1Merlin ✓
2Eastern Phoebe ✓
2Blue Jay ✓
2Tree Swallow ✓
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
2Carolina Wren ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
2Northern Mockingbird ✓
1American Pipit ✓
8Red-winged Blackbird ✓
1Common Grackle ✓
2Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
6Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
3Northern Cardinal ✓