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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 Conestee Nature Preserve

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

May 16

1Mourning Dove
3Chimney Swift
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
1Great Blue Heron
1Downy Woodpecker
3Eastern Phoebe
1Red-eyed Vireo
1Blue Jay
1Carolina Wren
1Eastern Bluebird
1American Robin
2Cedar Waxwing
1Red-winged Blackbird
1Brown-headed Cowbird
5Common Grackle
1Prothonotary Warbler
2Common Yellowthroat
4Northern Cardinal
12Canada Goose
3Wood Duck
1Mallard
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Solitary Sandpiper
1American Bittern
1Bald Eagle
3Red-shouldered Hawk
3Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Pileated Woodpecker
2Acadian Flycatcher
2Great Crested Flycatcher
4American Crow
3Fish Crow
4Carolina Chickadee
6Tufted Titmouse
1Tree Swallow
2Barn Swallow
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
9Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
12European Starling
1Gray Catbird
4Northern Mockingbird
4House Finch
11American Goldfinch
5Chipping Sparrow
3American Redstart
6Northern Parula
1Blackpoll Warbler
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
2Yellow-throated Warbler
6Indigo Bunting

May 15

2Anhinga
1White-eyed Vireo
1Cooper's Hawk

May 14

2Brown Thrasher
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Eastern Kingbird
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
1Wood Thrush
1Pine Warbler

May 13

1Barred Owl
1Eastern Towhee
2Grasshopper Sparrow
2Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid)
1Great Egret
2Black Vulture
2Blue Grosbeak
1Canada Warbler
1Summer Tanager

May 12

1Turkey Vulture
1Hairy Woodpecker
3Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1Louisiana Waterthrush
1Northern Yellow Warbler
1Baltimore Oriole
1White-breasted Nuthatch

May 11

2Killdeer
1Green Heron
2Swainson's Thrush
2House Sparrow
2Song Sparrow
1Worm-eating Warbler
1Belted Kingfisher
1Red-headed Woodpecker
1Scarlet Tanager

May 10

1Yellow-throated Vireo
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Hooded Warbler
1Wilson's Warbler

May 9

1Chestnut-sided Warbler