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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.

September 17

10Great Egret
3Turkey Vulture
1Bald Eagle
1Belted Kingfisher
1Eastern Towhee
2Red-winged Blackbird
2Northern Cardinal
5Mourning Dove
2Ruby-throated Hummingbird
8Clapper Rail
1Killdeer
1Least Sandpiper
6Laughing Gull
3American Herring Gull
1Great Black-backed Gull
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
3Caspian Tern
1Sandwich Tern
20Royal Tern
9Double-crested Cormorant
2Great Blue Heron
30Brown Pelican
5Osprey
1Cooper's Hawk
2Downy Woodpecker
2Northern Flicker
1Peregrine Falcon
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
1Great Crested Flycatcher
26White-eyed Vireo
1Philadelphia Vireo
4Red-eyed Vireo
18Carolina Chickadee
7Tree Swallow
6Brown-headed Nuthatch
2Red-breasted Nuthatch
10Carolina Wren
8Gray Catbird
3Brown Thrasher
6Northern Mockingbird
1Cedar Waxwing
57Bobolink
50Boat-tailed Grackle
2Black-and-white Warbler
52Common Yellowthroat
8American Redstart
5Yellow Warbler
1Palm Warbler
4Pine Warbler
2Prairie Warbler

September 16

1Greater Yellowlegs
1Pectoral Sandpiper
2Forster's Tern
1Baltimore Oriole
1Blackpoll Warbler
3Fish Crow

September 13

2Common Tern