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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 Donnelley WMA (partial fall and winter restricted access)

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

January 22

12Hooded Merganser
2Common Gallinule
1American Coot
2Killdeer
6Forster's Tern
2Pied-billed Grebe
2Double-crested Cormorant
10White Ibis
5Little Blue Heron
4Snowy Egret
4Great Egret
4Great Blue Heron
18Turkey Vulture
1Red-tailed Hawk
2Belted Kingfisher
2Red-headed Woodpecker
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
3Eastern Phoebe
1Blue Jay
4American Crow
1Carolina Chickadee
1Carolina Wren
8Eastern Bluebird
1Swamp Sparrow
12Eastern Meadowlark
4Red-winged Blackbird
3Pine Warbler

January 21

2Wood Duck
1Blue-winged Teal
2Northern Shoveler
4Wild Turkey
23Mourning Dove
1Sora
1Black-bellied Plover
3Ring-billed Gull
1American Herring Gull
6Black-crowned Night Heron
5Tricolored Heron
23American White Pelican
5Black Vulture
1Bald Eagle
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Great Horned Owl
2Barred Owl
5Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
3Downy Woodpecker
2Red-cockaded Woodpecker
3Pileated Woodpecker
5Northern Flicker
1American Kestrel
5Fish Crow
30Tufted Titmouse
16Ruby-crowned Kinglet
4White-breasted Nuthatch
2Brown-headed Nuthatch
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Northern House Wren
4Marsh Wren
4Gray Catbird
1Brown Thrasher
3Northern Mockingbird
1Hermit Thrush
4American Robin
7Cedar Waxwing
2House Finch
4American Goldfinch
55Chipping Sparrow
1Fox Sparrow
1Dark-eyed Junco
6White-throated Sparrow
4Savannah Sparrow
9Song Sparrow
4Eastern Towhee
5Rusty Blackbird
18Common Grackle
6Boat-tailed Grackle
4Common Yellowthroat
6Palm Warbler
35Yellow-rumped Warbler
8Northern Cardinal