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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.

October 21

1Laughing Gull
221Double-crested Cormorant
7Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
7Turkey Vulture
1Bald Eagle
1Northern Flicker
1American Kestrel
8Tree Swallow
2Northern Rough-winged Swallow
9Barn Swallow
2Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
1American Goldfinch
2Swamp Sparrow
1Eastern Meadowlark
15Red-winged Blackbird
6Boat-tailed Grackle
12Yellow-rumped Warbler
3Killdeer
1Forster's Tern
1Osprey
8American White Pelican
1Brown Pelican
1Belted Kingfisher
3Gray Catbird
1Savannah Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
1Nashville Warbler
1Common Yellowthroat
2Palm Warbler
1Dickcissel
2Greater Yellowlegs
2Tricolored Heron
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2Marsh Wren

October 20

3House Finch
4Northern Cardinal

October 19

1Mourning Dove
1Black-bellied Plover
1Royal Tern
1Northern Harrier
1Merlin
3Canada Goose
1Fish Crow
1Little Blue Heron
4Clapper Rail
1Virginia Rail
1Great Black-backed Gull
1Downy Woodpecker
1Carolina Chickadee
1Brown Creeper

October 18

2Ring-billed Gull
1Northern House Wren
1King Rail
1Sharp-shinned Hawk
5American Herring Gull
1Chimney Swift
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1Eastern Phoebe
4Golden-crowned Kinglet
3Red-breasted Nuthatch
2White-throated Sparrow
2Willet
5Sanderling
1Pied-billed Grebe
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
2Caspian Tern
1White Ibis
2Common Grackle
2Snowy Egret

October 17

1Great Horned Owl
2Wood Duck
4Blue-winged Teal
2Green-winged Teal
5Semipalmated Plover
1Lesser Yellowlegs
4Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Black Skimmer
1Common Tern
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Peregrine Falcon
1White-eyed Vireo
1Blue Jay
2American Crow
1Tufted Titmouse
4Eastern Bluebird
4Pine Warbler
1Broad-winged Hawk
1Green Heron
1Chipping Sparrow
1Cooper's Hawk

October 16

1American Redstart
1American Robin