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Mission Statement

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 Nemours Wildlife Foundation (restricted access)

Only the most recent report per species is shown. Some reports may be pending verification.

May 1

7Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
1Mute Swan
7Mottled Duck
5Mourning Dove
9Common Gallinule
1Purple Gallinule
1Black-necked Stilt
5Killdeer
10Semipalmated Plover
2Long-billed Dowitcher
5Lesser Yellowlegs
3Greater Yellowlegs
4Stilt Sandpiper
9Least Sandpiper
1Pectoral Sandpiper
1Wood Stork
1Black-crowned Night Heron
4Tricolored Heron
2Great Blue Heron
2Black Vulture
6Turkey Vulture
2Bald Eagle
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Great Horned Owl
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Red-cockaded Woodpecker
1American Kestrel
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
2Great Crested Flycatcher
3Eastern Kingbird
1White-eyed Vireo
1Blue Jay
1Tufted Titmouse
3Barn Swallow
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Carolina Wren
1Brown Thrasher
2Northern Mockingbird
3Eastern Bluebird
1Savannah Sparrow
2Swamp Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
6Red-winged Blackbird
2Brown-headed Cowbird
1Northern Parula
1Pine Warbler
1Yellow-throated Warbler
4Northern Cardinal
1Blue Grosbeak
2Indigo Bunting
1Painted Bunting

April 29

2Wood Duck
3Blue-winged Teal
5Wild Turkey
2Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Clapper Rail
3American Coot
1Solitary Sandpiper
6Pied-billed Grebe
4Anhinga
3Least Bittern
1Little Blue Heron
1Snowy Egret
1Green Heron
1Broad-winged Hawk
1Red-headed Woodpecker
2Pileated Woodpecker
2Acadian Flycatcher
3Yellow-throated Vireo
1Red-eyed Vireo
1Loggerhead Shrike
6Tree Swallow
4Purple Martin
2Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1Marsh Wren
16Bobolink
3Orchard Oriole
5Boat-tailed Grackle
1Prothonotary Warbler
1Swainson's Warbler
1Hooded Warbler
3Summer Tanager

April 28

1Chimney Swift
3King Rail
1Sora
2Wilson's Snipe
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Glossy Ibis
3Roseate Spoonbill
5Great Egret
1Osprey
1American Crow
1House Finch
1Baltimore Oriole
2Common Yellowthroat