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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.

June 3

1American Oystercatcher
4Dunlin
5Laughing Gull
5Least Tern
1Royal Tern
2Great Egret
10Brown Pelican
1Turkey Vulture
3Purple Martin
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Red-winged Blackbird
1Summer Tanager
1Northern Cardinal
1Painted Bunting
2Wilson's Plover
3Willet
3Wood Stork
2Fish Crow
1Eurasian Collared-Dove
1Common Ground Dove
15Mourning Dove
2Killdeer
1Anhinga
25White Ibis
2Tricolored Heron
1Snowy Egret
4Black Vulture
3Swallow-tailed Kite
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
2Eastern Wood-Pewee
3Great Crested Flycatcher
2White-eyed Vireo
1Blue Jay
2Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
2Barn Swallow
6Brown-headed Nuthatch
2Carolina Wren
2Brown Thrasher
5Northern Mockingbird
15Eastern Bluebird
3House Finch
1Eastern Towhee
5Orchard Oriole
12Brown-headed Cowbird
1Common Yellowthroat
2Northern Parula
2Pine Warbler
4Yellow-throated Warbler
1Blue Grosbeak
1Little Blue Heron
1Mississippi Kite
1Downy Woodpecker
1Yellow-throated Vireo
1Boat-tailed Grackle

June 1

3Clapper Rail
2Black-bellied Plover
35Semipalmated Plover
2Hudsonian Whimbrel
8Sanderling
2Green Heron
1Great Blue Heron
1Osprey
1Belted Kingfisher
1Acadian Flycatcher
3Marsh Wren
1Indigo Bunting