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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 Martin Marietta Park (Former Quarry)

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

January 8

4Wood Duck
1Green-winged Teal
2000Lesser Scaup
300Ruddy Duck
1Mourning Dove
2Common Gallinule
5American Coot
4Ring-billed Gull
2Pied-billed Grebe
1Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
2Brown Pelican
3Turkey Vulture
1Barred Owl
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Northern Flicker
1Eastern Phoebe
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
4Song Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
2Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Northern Cardinal
100Canada Goose
2Northern Shoveler
9Bufflehead
1Red-breasted Merganser
4American Herring Gull
1Great Black-backed Gull
85Double-crested Cormorant
1Osprey
1Blue Jay
5Northern Mockingbird
2Purple Finch
2White-throated Sparrow
1Orange-crowned Warbler
7Mallard
12Hooded Merganser
2Laughing Gull
2Bald Eagle
1Belted Kingfisher
1Downy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
2American Crow
10Carolina Chickadee
12Tufted Titmouse
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
4Hermit Thrush
12American Robin
1Cedar Waxwing
2Baltimore Oriole
45Red-winged Blackbird
2Common Grackle

January 7

1White-breasted Nuthatch

January 6

2Ring-necked Duck
1Black Vulture
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
2Chipping Sparrow
2Field Sparrow
1Palm Warbler
1Tree Swallow
1Redhead
1Greater Scaup
1Eastern Bluebird
2American Goldfinch

January 5

3Rock Pigeon
1Northern House Wren
8Fish Crow
2House Finch

January 4

1Red-throated Loon

January 3

1Killdeer
4Forster's Tern
1Cooper's Hawk
1Winter Wren
2Marsh Wren
1Brown-headed Cowbird
1Common Yellowthroat