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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.

February 20

10Tundra Swan
5Gadwall
15American Black Duck
45Northern Pintail
180Green-winged Teal
1Greater Yellowlegs
5Ring-billed Gull
2American Herring Gull
15White Ibis
1Little Blue Heron
1Northern Harrier
1American Kestrel
1Swamp Sparrow
20Yellow-rumped Warbler
3Mallard
1Snowy Egret
1Sharp-shinned Hawk
2Northern Flicker
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
5American Robin
2White-throated Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
15Red-winged Blackbird
2American Wigeon
4Mourning Dove
1Virginia Rail
1Killdeer
1Wilson's Snipe
1Peregrine Falcon
1Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
1Savannah Sparrow
1Boat-tailed Grackle
1Tricolored Heron
1Great Egret
1Belted Kingfisher
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
2American Crow
2Carolina Wren

February 19

1Bald Eagle
2Canada Goose
5Lesser Scaup
2Northern Cardinal
2Northern Shoveler
2Redhead
1Eastern Meadowlark

February 18

1Hooded Merganser
1Clapper Rail
5American Avocet
2Dunlin
7Bonaparte's Gull
4Great Black-backed Gull
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
2Double-crested Cormorant
2Great Blue Heron
2Carolina Chickadee
1Hermit Thrush
64Cedar Waxwing
1Song Sparrow
1Palm Warbler
1Pied-billed Grebe
5Black-crowned Night Heron
2Cooper's Hawk
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Blue Jay

February 17

1American Woodcock
XSnow Goose

February 16

2Forster's Tern
6Chipping Sparrow

February 15

1Northern Saw-whet Owl
2Long-billed Dowitcher
6Least Sandpiper
1Red-breasted Nuthatch
1Marsh Wren

February 14

1King Rail
1Sora
1Great Horned Owl
1Willet
1Sanderling
1Brown Pelican
1Turkey Vulture
38American White Pelican
5Short-billed Dowitcher
1Lesser Yellowlegs

February 13

1Black-bellied Plover