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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.

June 21

1Willet
4Laughing Gull
2Painted Bunting

June 20

1Hairy Woodpecker
10Common Ground Dove
30Mourning Dove
5American Oystercatcher
1Killdeer
5Wilson's Plover
25Least Tern
6Wood Stork
3White Ibis
1Tricolored Heron
1Snowy Egret
1Green Heron
4Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
60Brown Pelican
10Black Vulture
2Osprey
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1Blue Jay
2American Crow
1Carolina Chickadee
2Brown-headed Nuthatch
2Marsh Wren
2Northern Mockingbird
4Eastern Bluebird
30Red-winged Blackbird
1Brown-headed Cowbird
10Northern Cardinal
2Royal Tern
1Roseate Spoonbill
1Turkey Vulture
4Downy Woodpecker
2Pileated Woodpecker
1Eastern Kingbird
1Fish Crow
5Tufted Titmouse
3Purple Martin
2Carolina Wren
2House Finch
1Orchard Oriole
2Common Grackle
2Yellow-throated Warbler
1Blue Grosbeak

June 18

5Ring-billed Gull
1Black Skimmer
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
1Pine Warbler
1Summer Tanager
1Double-crested Cormorant
2Barn Swallow
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Boat-tailed Grackle

June 15

1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Black-necked Stilt
1Red-headed Woodpecker
3White-eyed Vireo
1Eastern Towhee
1Common Yellowthroat
1Black Scoter
13Semipalmated Plover
2Ruddy Turnstone
2Red Knot
2Sanderling
1Gull-billed Tern
1Caspian Tern
2Sandwich Tern
1Magnificent Frigatebird
5Little Blue Heron
1Mississippi Kite
1Red-eyed Vireo
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Brown Thrasher
1American Goldfinch
1Prothonotary Warbler
10Northern Parula
4Indigo Bunting