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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 South Mountains SP--Clear Creek Access

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

May 21

2Graylag Goose
1Swan Goose
10Canada Goose
1Mute Swan
1Muscovy Duck
1Wood Duck
4Blue-winged Teal
4Mallard
1Red-breasted Merganser
3Ruddy Duck
3Northern Bobwhite
3Wild Turkey
6Rock Pigeon
14Mourning Dove
2Yellow-billed Cuckoo
4Common Nighthawk
2Chuck-will's-widow
3Eastern Whip-poor-will
6Chimney Swift
4Ruby-throated Hummingbird
5Killdeer
1Semipalmated Plover
2American Woodcock
2Spotted Sandpiper
1Solitary Sandpiper
2Lesser Yellowlegs
1Greater Yellowlegs
2Least Sandpiper
1Pectoral Sandpiper
3Western Sandpiper
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
3Ring-billed Gull
2American Herring Gull
1Caspian Tern
2Forster's Tern
1Pied-billed Grebe
2Common Loon
1Double-crested Cormorant
2Yellow-crowned Night Heron
3Green Heron
1Great Egret
5Great Blue Heron
6Black Vulture
7Turkey Vulture
3Osprey
5Sharp-shinned Hawk
3Cooper's Hawk
1Northern Harrier
3Bald Eagle
8Broad-winged Hawk
3Red-shouldered Hawk
3Red-tailed Hawk
3Eastern Screech-Owl
1Great Horned Owl
5Barred Owl
8Belted Kingfisher
2Red-headed Woodpecker
11Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Downy Woodpecker
6Hairy Woodpecker
2Pileated Woodpecker
10Northern Flicker
1American Kestrel
2Eastern Wood-Pewee
1Acadian Flycatcher
1Least Flycatcher
8Eastern Phoebe
2Great Crested Flycatcher
4Eastern Kingbird
1White-eyed Vireo
4Yellow-throated Vireo
2Blue-headed Vireo
2Eastern Warbling Vireo
5Red-eyed Vireo
1Blue Jay
4American Crow
2Fish Crow
5Common Raven
10Carolina Chickadee
3Tufted Titmouse
1Horned Lark
2Bank Swallow
21Tree Swallow
6Purple Martin
8Northern Rough-winged Swallow
12Barn Swallow
2Cliff Swallow
10White-breasted Nuthatch
4Brown-headed Nuthatch
4Red-breasted Nuthatch
8Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
3Northern House Wren
7Carolina Wren
2European Starling
3Gray Catbird
3Brown Thrasher
6Northern Mockingbird
14Eastern Bluebird
1Veery
2Gray-cheeked Thrush
2Swainson's Thrush
3Wood Thrush
11American Robin
12Cedar Waxwing
1House Sparrow
3American Pipit
3House Finch
12American Goldfinch
4Grasshopper Sparrow
5Chipping Sparrow
11Field Sparrow
12Dark-eyed Junco
4Savannah Sparrow
12Song Sparrow
5Eastern Towhee
4Yellow-breasted Chat
2Bobolink
5Eastern Meadowlark
2Orchard Oriole
1Baltimore Oriole
6Red-winged Blackbird
3Brown-headed Cowbird
9Common Grackle
4Ovenbird
1Worm-eating Warbler
2Louisiana Waterthrush
2Northern Waterthrush
6Black-and-white Warbler
6Prothonotary Warbler
3Swainson's Warbler
2Tennessee Warbler
1Kentucky Warbler
11Common Yellowthroat
6Hooded Warbler
3American Redstart
5Cape May Warbler
9Northern Parula
4Blackburnian Warbler
9Northern Yellow Warbler
2Chestnut-sided Warbler
6Blackpoll Warbler
9Black-throated Blue Warbler
13Pine Warbler
1Yellow-throated Warbler
4Prairie Warbler
3Black-throated Green Warbler
2Canada Warbler
3Summer Tanager
1Scarlet Tanager
5Northern Cardinal
3Rose-breasted Grosbeak
4Blue Grosbeak
11Indigo Bunting