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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.

December 29

50Tundra Swan
12Northern Shoveler
14Gadwall
8American Wigeon
14American Black Duck
500Northern Pintail
40Green-winged Teal
8Bufflehead
4Hooded Merganser
5American Avocet
1Willet
1Greater Yellowlegs
2Dunlin
2American Herring Gull
3Forster's Tern
3Royal Tern
1Little Blue Heron
1Northern Harrier
1Swamp Sparrow
20Yellow-rumped Warbler
2Canada Goose
3Clapper Rail
8Killdeer
3White Ibis
1Tricolored Heron
1Great Egret
2American Crow
1Marsh Wren

December 28

1American Woodcock
4Ring-billed Gull
4Black-crowned Night Heron
1Belted Kingfisher
1Northern House Wren
4Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
2Eastern Towhee
1Northern Cardinal
1Bonaparte's Gull
350Double-crested Cormorant
1Bald Eagle
1Song Sparrow
2Orange-crowned Warbler
1Turkey Vulture
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
20Mallard
6Great Black-backed Gull
6American Robin
1Northern Flicker
2American Kestrel
3Carolina Chickadee
2Carolina Wren
1Virginia Rail
1Wilson's Snipe
2Snowy Egret
60Brown Pelican
1Eastern Meadowlark
8Red-winged Blackbird
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
1Great Blue Heron
1Boat-tailed Grackle

December 27

2Pied-billed Grebe
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet

December 26

1Northern Saw-whet Owl
1Common Yellowthroat
2Redhead

December 24

6Blue-winged Teal

December 23

100Snow Goose