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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.

January 7

1Belted Kingfisher
1American Kestrel
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
15Tundra Swan
8American Black Duck
300Northern Pintail
10Green-winged Teal
2Hooded Merganser
1Willet
40Ring-billed Gull
2American Herring Gull
1Great Black-backed Gull
2White Ibis
1Tricolored Heron
1Turkey Vulture
1Northern Mockingbird
1Song Sparrow
1Bufflehead
2Ruddy Duck
7American Avocet
1Greater Yellowlegs
10Mourning Dove
1Clapper Rail
9Killdeer
2Double-crested Cormorant
1Little Blue Heron
1Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
2Marsh Wren
1Carolina Wren
2Gray Catbird
1Swamp Sparrow
2Eastern Meadowlark
25Gadwall
1Snowy Egret
1Northern Harrier
2Northern Flicker
3American Crow
2Red-winged Blackbird
1Northern Cardinal
1American Woodcock
1Northern Saw-whet Owl

January 6

1Sharp-shinned Hawk
1Bald Eagle
1Orange-crowned Warbler
9Mallard
1King Rail
1Red-headed Woodpecker
1Carolina Chickadee
1American Goldfinch
1Eastern Towhee
1Brown-headed Nuthatch

January 5

2Snow Goose
3Northern Shoveler
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
4Forster's Tern
2Brown Pelican
1Northern House Wren
1Common Yellowthroat

January 4

20American Wigeon
4Laughing Gull
7Savannah Sparrow
1Cooper's Hawk
1American White Pelican

January 3

3Pied-billed Grebe
8Canada Goose
2White-throated Sparrow

January 2

2Great Horned Owl
8American Robin
1Blue Jay
4Red-breasted Nuthatch
2American Pipit
1Pine Warbler
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
400Redhead
1Lesser Yellowlegs

January 1

1Virginia Rail
1Palm Warbler
20Ruddy Turnstone
2American Coot
1Northern Gannet
2Boat-tailed Grackle
1Fox Sparrow
1Tufted Titmouse
1Bonaparte's Gull