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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 Cape Romain NWR--Bulls Island

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

August 17

14Blue-winged Teal
5Mottled Duck
3Mourning Dove
1Clapper Rail
7Common Gallinule
2American Oystercatcher
22Black-bellied Plover
18Semipalmated Plover
55Whimbrel
1Long-billed Curlew
35Marbled Godwit
35Short-billed Dowitcher
6Spotted Sandpiper
2Willet
7Greater Yellowlegs
5Ruddy Turnstone
4Sanderling
41Western Sandpiper
55Laughing Gull
43Black Skimmer
3Least Tern
3Black Tern
1Sandwich Tern
60Royal Tern
1Wood Stork
3Anhinga
1Double-crested Cormorant
1White Ibis
5Glossy Ibis
18Roseate Spoonbill
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
4Black-crowned Night Heron
12Tricolored Heron
76Snowy Egret
1Green Heron
40Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
2American White Pelican
84Brown Pelican
1Black Vulture
1Turkey Vulture
3Osprey
2Cooper's Hawk
1Bald Eagle
2Belted Kingfisher
3Blue Jay
3Northern Mockingbird
1Bobolink
2Red-winged Blackbird
4Northern Cardinal