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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 Bodie Island Lighthouse & Pond

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

May 21

1Clapper Rail
1Eastern Kingbird
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
1Orchard Oriole
1Red-winged Blackbird
1Brown-headed Cowbird
1Common Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat
1Prairie Warbler
1Northern Cardinal
8American Black Duck
5Mourning Dove
3Killdeer
1Semipalmated Plover
1Willet
1Greater Yellowlegs
1Least Sandpiper
6Laughing Gull
1American Herring Gull
1Least Tern
1Caspian Tern
5Forster's Tern
3Common Tern
3Royal Tern
1Common Loon
4Double-crested Cormorant
3Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
24Brown Pelican
1Osprey
1Downy Woodpecker
1Northern Flicker
4Great Crested Flycatcher
3White-eyed Vireo
2American Crow
1Carolina Chickadee
2Barn Swallow
2European Starling
1Brown Thrasher
1American Robin
2Seaside Sparrow
3Eastern Towhee
3Bobolink
10Boat-tailed Grackle
3Pine Warbler
1Yellow-throated Warbler
1Blue Grosbeak
2Indigo Bunting

May 20

1Eurasian Collared-Dove
1Ring-billed Gull
1Mallard
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1American Oystercatcher
1Snowy Egret
2Bald Eagle
3Tree Swallow
1Gray Catbird

May 18

2Canada Goose

May 17

2Turkey Vulture
1Purple Martin
8Cedar Waxwing
1American Redstart

May 16

1Semipalmated Sandpiper
1White Ibis

May 15

1Pectoral Sandpiper
1Marsh Wren
1Eastern Meadowlark
1Blackpoll Warbler
1Redhead
1Black Tern
1Little Blue Heron

May 14

1Chuck-will's-widow
3American Woodcock