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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 Bodie Island Lighthouse & Pond

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

October 8

1Clapper Rail ✓
2Killdeer ✓
3Laughing Gull ✓
2Caspian Tern ✓
2Pied-billed Grebe ✓
2Double-crested Cormorant ✓
1Snowy Egret ✓
7Great Egret ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
2Turkey Vulture ✓
1Osprey ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Northern Harrier ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
2Northern Flicker ✓
4Blue Jay ✓
2Gray Catbird ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
5Eastern Towhee ✓
12Red-winged Blackbird ✓
3Palm Warbler ✓
1Northern Cardinal ✓

October 6

4American Black Duck ✓
2Greater Yellowlegs ✓
3Sanderling ✓
1Semipalmated Sandpiper ✓
4Lesser Black-backed Gull ✓
2American Crow ✓
16Carolina Chickadee ✓
3Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1Carolina Wren ✓
12Common Grackle ✓
1American Redstart ✓
2Pine Warbler ✓

October 5

1Royal Tern ✓
2Peregrine Falcon ✓
1Chipping Sparrow ✓
2Ring-billed Gull ✓
1Merlin ✓
1Marsh Wren ✓
2Bobolink ✓
2Common Yellowthroat ✓

October 4

2Mourning Dove ✓
3Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Semipalmated Plover ✓
2Wilson's Snipe ✓
1Solitary Sandpiper ✓
3American Herring Gull ✓
4Forster's Tern ✓
1Common Loon ✓
5White Ibis ✓
5Brown Pelican ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
4White-eyed Vireo ✓
1Eastern Warbling Vireo ✓
10Red-eyed Vireo ✓
2Tree Swallow ✓
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
2Northern House Wren ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
1Veery ✓
1American Robin ✓
1American Pipit ✓
1Baltimore Oriole ✓
4Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
3Ovenbird ✓
6Black-and-white Warbler ✓
1Nashville Warbler ✓
1Hooded Warbler ✓
12Cape May Warbler ✓
5Northern Parula ✓
4Magnolia Warbler ✓
13Blackpoll Warbler ✓
1Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
1Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
3Prairie Warbler ✓
1Scarlet Tanager ✓
1Indigo Bunting ✓

October 3

1House Finch ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓