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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 Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education--Boardwalk Trail

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

October 5

5Mallard ✓
3Mourning Dove ✓
1Sora ✓
4Black-bellied Plover ✓
6Semipalmated Plover ✓
1Dunlin ✓
10Semipalmated Sandpiper ✓
1Laughing Gull ✓
1Great Black-backed Gull ✓
1Royal Tern ✓
35Double-crested Cormorant ✓
1Little Blue Heron ✓
1Tricolored Heron ✓
1Snowy Egret ✓
1Great Egret ✓
1Peregrine Falcon ✓
1Blue Jay ✓
4American Crow ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
4Northern Mockingbird ✓
1Song Sparrow ✓
2Red-winged Blackbird ✓
6Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
5Northern Cardinal ✓

October 3

1Killdeer ✓
1Greater Yellowlegs ✓
1White-rumped Sandpiper ✓
6Least Sandpiper ✓
2Ring-billed Gull ✓
1Pied-billed Grebe ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
4Northern Flicker ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
2Carolina Chickadee ✓
3Carolina Wren ✓
4Gray Catbird ✓
1Eastern Bluebird ✓
1American Robin ✓
2House Finch ✓
1Black-and-white Warbler ✓
2American Redstart ✓
1Northern Parula ✓
3Palm Warbler ✓
1Pine Warbler ✓
1Prairie Warbler ✓

September 30

1Solitary Sandpiper ✓