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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 Santee Coastal Reserve (fall and winter restricted access)

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

February 22

25Blue-winged Teal
25Northern Shoveler
20Gadwall
12American Wigeon
20Northern Pintail
30Green-winged Teal
30Ruddy Duck
1Mourning Dove
4Common Gallinule
50American Coot
38American Avocet
11Lesser Yellowlegs
17Least Sandpiper
2Laughing Gull
7American Herring Gull
3Pied-billed Grebe
3Anhinga
6Double-crested Cormorant
60White Ibis
2Glossy Ibis
2Black-crowned Night Heron
4Tricolored Heron
6Snowy Egret
17Great Egret
4Great Blue Heron
55American White Pelican
5Brown Pelican
3Black Vulture
6Turkey Vulture
1Bald Eagle
1Belted Kingfisher
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Northern Flicker
2Blue Jay
2Tufted Titmouse
43Tree Swallow
10Red-winged Blackbird
10Yellow-rumped Warbler
4Northern Cardinal

February 21

2Killdeer
9Short-billed Dowitcher
13Long-billed Dowitcher
15Greater Yellowlegs
6Wood Stork
1Northern Harrier
1Eastern Phoebe
2American Crow
3Carolina Chickadee
1Golden-crowned Kinglet
4Eastern Bluebird
2White-throated Sparrow
3Savannah Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
2Common Yellowthroat
7Pine Warbler

February 19

1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1Red-headed Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
2Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
1American Robin
1Swamp Sparrow
1Rusty Blackbird
2Caspian Tern
1Forster's Tern
1Little Blue Heron
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Northern Mockingbird
1Barred Owl

February 18

110Snow Goose
1American Bittern
1American Kestrel
6Mottled Duck
3Lesser Scaup
3Bufflehead
1Clapper Rail
4Black-bellied Plover
5Wilson's Snipe
1Spotted Sandpiper
2Willet
7Ring-billed Gull
3Black Skimmer
1Royal Tern
23Roseate Spoonbill
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Great Horned Owl
4Red-cockaded Woodpecker
2Fish Crow
2Northern House Wren
2House Finch
3Chipping Sparrow
4Song Sparrow
1Eastern Meadowlark
5Boat-tailed Grackle
1Palm Warbler
2Mallard

February 17

1Hooded Merganser
1Brown Thrasher
1Bachman's Sparrow
1Dark-eyed Junco
1Brown-headed Cowbird
1Common Grackle

February 16

3Ring-necked Duck
1Osprey
1Red-shouldered Hawk
17Cedar Waxwing