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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.

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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 22

1Mallard ✓
3American Black Duck ✓
9Killdeer ✓
4American Herring Gull ✓
2Double-crested Cormorant ✓
2Great Egret ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
1Marsh Wren ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
3Clapper Rail ✓
1Laughing Gull ✓
3Little Blue Heron ✓
1Bald Eagle ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
5Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
1Gray Catbird ✓
1Pine Siskin ✓
1Eastern Towhee ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
6Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
2Northern Pintail ✓
36White Ibis ✓
2Glossy Ibis ✓
1Black Vulture ✓
1Osprey ✓
1Peregrine Falcon ✓
21Tree Swallow ✓
1Swamp Sparrow ✓
4Red-winged Blackbird ✓
3Boat-tailed Grackle ✓

October 21

1Great Black-backed Gull ✓
1Carolina Chickadee ✓
1Common Grackle ✓

October 20

1Caspian Tern ✓
5Snowy Egret ✓
1Brown Pelican ✓
1Northern Harrier ✓
1American Kestrel ✓
1Carolina Wren ✓
2Royal Tern ✓
1Pied-billed Grebe ✓
3American Crow ✓
2Cape May Warbler ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓
1Northern Cardinal ✓

October 19

2Lesser Black-backed Gull ✓

October 17

2American White Pelican ✓
1Blue-winged Teal ✓
1Northern Shoveler ✓
1Black Scoter ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Ring-billed Gull ✓
3Forster's Tern ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1European Starling ✓
1House Sparrow ✓
1American Pipit ✓
1Fish Crow ✓
1Pine Warbler ✓

October 16

2Tricolored Heron ✓
1Merlin ✓
1Mourning Dove ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓