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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 Patriot's Point -- nature trail and surrounding areas

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

September 17

2Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2Laughing Gull
1Merlin
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1Eastern Kingbird
1Gray Catbird
1Brown Thrasher
XRed-winged Blackbird
1Painted Bunting
1American Oystercatcher
2Killdeer
2Ruddy Turnstone
1Forster's Tern
1Royal Tern
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Tricolored Heron
1Great Blue Heron
2Osprey
2Red-shouldered Hawk
3Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1American Kestrel
2White-eyed Vireo
3Carolina Chickadee
4Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Marsh Wren
3Carolina Wren
1European Starling
1Northern Mockingbird
2Lark Sparrow
9Common Yellowthroat
4Northern Cardinal
4Mourning Dove
1Willet
2Least Sandpiper
2White Ibis
1Roseate Spoonbill
2Great Egret
1Cooper's Hawk
2American Crow
4Fish Crow
1Veery
3House Finch
1Northern Waterthrush
1American Redstart
3Palm Warbler
1Scarlet Tanager

September 16

1Peregrine Falcon
XBobolink
1Yellow Warbler
1Snowy Egret
2Great Horned Owl
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
2Eastern Bluebird
2Boat-tailed Grackle
1Prairie Warbler
1Brown Pelican
1Turkey Vulture
2Black Vulture
1Least Flycatcher
5Blue Jay
2Blue Grosbeak
1Indigo Bunting
1Red-eyed Vireo
2Tree Swallow
1Northern House Wren
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Tufted Titmouse
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
5Chimney Swift
1Black-bellied Plover
2Semipalmated Plover
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
2Wood Stork
1Belted Kingfisher
1Loggerhead Shrike
5Cedar Waxwing
1House Sparrow
1Northern Parula
1Summer Tanager

September 15

5Yellow-crowned Night Heron
1Magnolia Warbler
1Clapper Rail
1Little Blue Heron
1Western Cattle-Egret
1Northern Harrier
1Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1Alder Flycatcher
1Yellow-breasted Chat
1Bald Eagle
1Baltimore Oriole

September 14

1Gull-billed Tern
2Caspian Tern
1American Robin

September 13

1Spotted Sandpiper
1Sanderling
2Sandwich Tern
1Cape May Warbler

September 12

XCanada Goose
1Black-and-white Warbler
2Black Tern

September 11

1Acadian Flycatcher