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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 Hobcaw Barony

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

December 21

3American Oystercatcher
3Willet
4Tricolored Heron
1Great Blue Heron
1Northern Harrier
2Bald Eagle
1Belted Kingfisher
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
3Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Northern Flicker
1Blue Jay
3American Crow
2Carolina Chickadee
5Tufted Titmouse
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
3Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
1Eastern Bluebird
10American Robin
5Chipping Sparrow
1White-throated Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
1Red-winged Blackbird
1Pine Warbler
18Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Prairie Warbler

December 19

1Mourning Dove
2Turkey Vulture
1White-breasted Nuthatch
2Gray Catbird
1Hermit Thrush

December 18

2Clapper Rail
1Barred Owl
1White-eyed Vireo
4Northern Cardinal
4Bufflehead
20Hooded Merganser
2Killdeer
3Semipalmated Plover
4Short-billed Dowitcher
1American Woodcock
13Greater Yellowlegs
1Laughing Gull
18Ring-billed Gull
1Caspian Tern
7Forster's Tern
1Royal Tern
2Pied-billed Grebe
22Double-crested Cormorant
21White Ibis
3Little Blue Heron
1Green Heron
1Great Egret
3American White Pelican
4Downy Woodpecker
2Red-cockaded Woodpecker
5Eastern Phoebe
2Golden-crowned Kinglet
1Brown Creeper
XCedar Waxwing
2American Goldfinch
6Savannah Sparrow
6Swamp Sparrow
250Common Grackle
11Boat-tailed Grackle

December 17

1Cooper's Hawk
2Red-headed Woodpecker
1Northern House Wren