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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 Botany Bay Plantation WMA

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

April 3

1American Oystercatcher
1Hudsonian Whimbrel
1Willet
4Ruddy Turnstone
35Laughing Gull
4Brown Pelican
1Osprey
2Blue Jay
3American Crow
2Fish Crow
2Carolina Chickadee
3Tufted Titmouse
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
3Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Northern Mockingbird
6House Finch
1Savannah Sparrow
13Red-winged Blackbird
2Brown-headed Cowbird
4Common Grackle
3Boat-tailed Grackle
15Northern Cardinal

April 2

12Black Scoter
15Red-breasted Merganser
1Black-bellied Plover
4Wilson's Plover
8Sanderling
30Dunlin
3Royal Tern
4Tricolored Heron
8Snowy Egret
2Great Egret
2Black Vulture
1Pileated Woodpecker
2Marsh Wren
4Carolina Wren
4Eastern Bluebird
1Eastern Towhee
2Northern Parula
2Pine Warbler
2Yellow-throated Warbler
32Lesser Scaup
1Greater Yellowlegs
2Western Sandpiper
4Bonaparte's Gull
1Ring-billed Gull
3American Herring Gull
2Gull-billed Tern
8Forster's Tern
1Double-crested Cormorant
6Great Blue Heron
7Turkey Vulture
3White-eyed Vireo
17Cedar Waxwing
11White-throated Sparrow
1Common Yellowthroat
2Yellow-rumped Warbler
20Tree Swallow
1Summer Tanager

April 1

3Mourning Dove
4Killdeer
1Long-billed Curlew
4Caspian Tern
1Little Blue Heron
1Belted Kingfisher
3Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker

March 30

4Wild Turkey
6Semipalmated Plover
40Least Sandpiper
1Wood Stork

March 29

4Hooded Merganser
1Piping Plover
5Red Knot
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
2Pied-billed Grebe
4Bald Eagle
1Red-tailed Hawk
3Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2White-breasted Nuthatch
1Gray Catbird
1Hermit Thrush
9Chipping Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
1Palm Warbler