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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 Caw Caw Interpretive Center

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

May 9

1Wood Duck
5Mourning Dove
3Clapper Rail
1Common Gallinule
1Spotted Sandpiper
2Solitary Sandpiper
1Anhinga
1Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
5Snowy Egret
8Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
4Black Vulture
8Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1Red-shouldered Hawk
3Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
3Great Crested Flycatcher
4White-eyed Vireo
3Yellow-throated Vireo
2Red-eyed Vireo
1Blue Jay
4American Crow
1Fish Crow
7Carolina Chickadee
5Tufted Titmouse
3Tree Swallow
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
4Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
3Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
2American Robin
3House Finch
1Savannah Sparrow
2Bobolink
2Orchard Oriole
17Red-winged Blackbird
4Brown-headed Cowbird
3Common Grackle
1Boat-tailed Grackle
3Common Yellowthroat
4Northern Parula
3Pine Warbler
4Yellow-throated Warbler
1Summer Tanager
3Northern Cardinal
1Indigo Bunting
4Painted Bunting
1Laughing Gull
1Green Heron
1Barred Owl
1Prothonotary Warbler
1Royal Tern
2Wood Stork
2Yellow-crowned Night Heron
1Swallow-tailed Kite
3Mississippi Kite
1Red-headed Woodpecker
2Acadian Flycatcher
1Eastern Kingbird
2Barn Swallow
2Blue Grosbeak
4Rock Pigeon
1Eurasian Collared-Dove
7Black-bellied Plover
5Semipalmated Plover
1Piping Plover
3Whimbrel
16Ruddy Turnstone
25Red Knot
3Sanderling
37Dunlin
1Black Skimmer
5Least Tern
1Gull-billed Tern
1Caspian Tern
2Forster's Tern
18Double-crested Cormorant
12Brown Pelican
1Red-tailed Hawk
3Cedar Waxwing
1Cape May Warbler

May 8

5Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
1American Goldfinch

May 7

1Eastern Bluebird
1Yellow-breasted Chat
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Least Bittern
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Sharp-shinned Hawk
1Eastern Meadowlark
5Glossy Ibis
1Marsh Wren
1King Rail

May 6

1Hooded Warbler

May 4

1Brown Thrasher

May 3

1Hermit Thrush
3Chipping Sparrow
1Prairie Warbler