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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 Botany Bay Plantation WMA

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

September 11

3Mourning Dove
2Clapper Rail
23Semipalmated Plover
3Willet
3Western Sandpiper
8Laughing Gull
15Royal Tern
12Roseate Spoonbill
7Little Blue Heron
8Tricolored Heron
8Snowy Egret
1Green Heron
4Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
75American White Pelican
9Brown Pelican
18Black Vulture
6Turkey Vulture
4Osprey
2Bald Eagle
1Red-tailed Hawk
2Belted Kingfisher
2Red-headed Woodpecker
6Red-bellied Woodpecker
6Downy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Northern Flicker
2American Kestrel
6Eastern Wood-Pewee
2Great Crested Flycatcher
4Eastern Kingbird
11White-eyed Vireo
1Red-eyed Vireo
7Blue Jay
5American Crow
15Carolina Chickadee
11Tufted Titmouse
4White-breasted Nuthatch
7Brown-headed Nuthatch
9Carolina Wren
2Brown Thrasher
14Eastern Bluebird
15House Finch
1Eastern Towhee
1Bobolink
20Red-winged Blackbird
1Northern Waterthrush
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Common Yellowthroat
1Northern Parula
10Pine Warbler
1Yellow-throated Warbler
1Prairie Warbler
5Summer Tanager
25Northern Cardinal
1Painted Bunting

September 6

5Ruddy Turnstone
1Wood Stork
6Fish Crow