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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.

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Recent reports from Botany Bay Plantation WMA

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

October 18

4Wild Turkey ✓
1Clapper Rail ✓
1Semipalmated Plover ✓
18Ruddy Turnstone ✓
9Red Knot ✓
25Sanderling ✓
3Dunlin ✓
1Laughing Gull ✓
1Wood Stork ✓
1Roseate Spoonbill ✓
3Tricolored Heron ✓
8Great Egret ✓
2Great Blue Heron ✓
4Brown Pelican ✓
1Black Vulture ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
4Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
3American Crow ✓
6Carolina Chickadee ✓
2Tufted Titmouse ✓
1Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1Carolina Wren ✓
1Eastern Bluebird ✓
1Eastern Towhee ✓
6Palm Warbler ✓
1Northern Cardinal ✓
5Canada Goose ✓
1Western Sandpiper ✓
1Double-crested Cormorant ✓
9White Ibis ✓
18Little Blue Heron ✓
10Snowy Egret ✓
4Osprey ✓
1Northern Harrier ✓
2Bald Eagle ✓
2Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
4American Kestrel ✓
1Merlin ✓
3Blue Jay ✓
15Tree Swallow ✓
4Barn Swallow ✓
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
1Gray Catbird ✓
1Savannah Sparrow ✓
2Northern Parula ✓
4Pine Warbler ✓
2Sharp-shinned Hawk ✓
9Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1Peregrine Falcon ✓
2Northern Mockingbird ✓
2House Finch ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Green-winged Teal ✓
3Mourning Dove ✓
4Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
2Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
1Killdeer ✓
1Anhinga ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
4Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
2Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
2Pileated Woodpecker ✓
1Blue-headed Vireo ✓
6Northern House Wren ✓
1Eastern Meadowlark ✓
6Red-winged Blackbird ✓
2Black-and-white Warbler ✓
2American Redstart ✓
2Cape May Warbler ✓
1Blackpoll Warbler ✓
3Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
1Prairie Warbler ✓

October 17

1Royal Tern ✓
5Glossy Ibis ✓
23American White Pelican ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
1White-eyed Vireo ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
60Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
2Boat-tailed Grackle ✓

October 16

1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Hairy Woodpecker
1Fish Crow ✓