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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 15

2Mourning Dove
4Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Chimney Swift
5Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Clapper Rail
1Solitary Sandpiper
3Laughing Gull
2Wood Stork
2Anhinga
2Least Bittern
3Yellow-crowned Night Heron
2Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
1Snowy Egret
9Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
2Black Vulture
10Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1Mississippi Kite
1Red-shouldered Hawk
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
3Downy Woodpecker
2Pileated Woodpecker
2Acadian Flycatcher
4Great Crested Flycatcher
1Eastern Kingbird
2White-eyed Vireo
1Red-eyed Vireo
2American Crow
1Fish Crow
3Carolina Chickadee
2Tufted Titmouse
2White-breasted Nuthatch
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
8Red-winged Blackbird
1Brown-headed Cowbird
2Common Grackle
1Boat-tailed Grackle
1Prothonotary Warbler
2Common Yellowthroat
2Northern Parula
1Pine Warbler
3Yellow-throated Warbler
1Northern Cardinal
1Blue Grosbeak
1Indigo Bunting
1Painted Bunting

May 14

3Double-crested Cormorant
1White Ibis
1Red-headed Woodpecker
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
2Yellow-throated Vireo
2Blue Jay
1Orchard Oriole
1Swainson's Warbler
2Summer Tanager
1Spotted Sandpiper
1European Starling
1Northern Mockingbird
2Eastern Bluebird
1Wood Thrush
2American Robin
4House Finch
1Chipping Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
1American Redstart

May 13

1Wood Duck
3Least Sandpiper
1Swallow-tailed Kite
1Hooded Warbler
1Scarlet Tanager
2Royal Tern

May 12

1Bald Eagle
1Brown Thrasher

May 10

1Greater Yellowlegs
1Green Heron
1Northern Flicker

May 9

1Common Gallinule
2Bobolink