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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 Yawkey Wildlife Center--Cat Island ISS Site (Restricted Access)

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

February 8

2Blue-winged Teal
7Mottled Duck
15Northern Pintail
2American Coot
4American Avocet
3Killdeer
8Short-billed Dowitcher
50Forster's Tern
1Pied-billed Grebe
10Roseate Spoonbill
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Little Blue Heron
1Green Heron
4Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
21American White Pelican
1Northern Harrier
12Wood Duck
1Wilson's Snipe
8Lesser Yellowlegs
1Greater Yellowlegs
1Ring-billed Gull
1Wood Stork
5White Ibis
1Glossy Ibis
1Tricolored Heron
3Snowy Egret
1Brown Pelican
1Turkey Vulture
1Belted Kingfisher
1Savannah Sparrow
2Song Sparrow
1Boat-tailed Grackle
3Mute Swan
30Green-winged Teal
2Hooded Merganser
2Mourning Dove
4Common Gallinule
50Dunlin
1Least Sandpiper
1American Herring Gull
33Double-crested Cormorant
3Bald Eagle
1American Kestrel
160American Robin
2American Pipit
1Swamp Sparrow
200Red-winged Blackbird
2Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Northern Cardinal

February 7

18Gadwall
10Western Sandpiper
1Anhinga
1Red-tailed Hawk
2Northern Shoveler
1Clapper Rail
15Tree Swallow
11Cedar Waxwing
4Canada Goose
3Bonaparte's Gull
1Western Cattle-Egret
1Pileated Woodpecker
3American Crow
1Tufted Titmouse
1Sedge Wren
1Marsh Wren
1Eastern Towhee
6Eastern Meadowlark
3Common Grackle

February 6

XLong-billed Dowitcher
2Laughing Gull
3Red-cockaded Woodpecker
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
5Rusty Blackbird
1Carolina Chickadee
1Eastern Phoebe
6American Wigeon
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Northern Flicker
1Pine Warbler

February 5

2Semipalmated Plover
1Osprey
3Blue Jay
2Black Vulture