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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 1

50Black Scoter
3Mourning Dove
4Killdeer
4Hudsonian Whimbrel
1Long-billed Curlew
4Willet
20Ruddy Turnstone
7Laughing Gull
4Caspian Tern
4Double-crested Cormorant
1Little Blue Heron
9Tricolored Heron
2Snowy Egret
5Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
9Brown Pelican
2Black Vulture
8Turkey Vulture
3Osprey
1Belted Kingfisher
3Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
14White-eyed Vireo
4Blue Jay
2American Crow
2Fish Crow
1Carolina Chickadee
2Tufted Titmouse
13Tree Swallow
2Brown-headed Nuthatch
2Carolina Wren
4Northern Mockingbird
11Eastern Bluebird
8Cedar Waxwing
6House Finch
1Northern Parula
1Pine Warbler
4Yellow-throated Warbler
15Northern Cardinal

March 30

4Wild Turkey
2American Oystercatcher
6Semipalmated Plover
7Wilson's Plover
6Sanderling
7Dunlin
40Least Sandpiper
2Western Sandpiper
6American Herring Gull
2Royal Tern
1Wood Stork
7Boat-tailed Grackle

March 29

4Hooded Merganser
1Piping Plover
5Red Knot
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
8Forster's Tern
2Pied-billed Grebe
4Bald Eagle
1Red-tailed Hawk
3Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2White-breasted Nuthatch
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Gray Catbird
1Hermit Thrush
9Chipping Sparrow
5White-throated Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
11Eastern Towhee
3Red-winged Blackbird
5Brown-headed Cowbird
1Palm Warbler
1Yellow-rumped Warbler

March 28

8Lesser Yellowlegs

March 27

2Clapper Rail
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Greater Yellowlegs
1Anhinga
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1American Goldfinch
1Louisiana Waterthrush
1Black-bellied Plover
2Wood Duck
4Blue-winged Teal
1Marbled Godwit
1American Robin
1Swamp Sparrow
2Common Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat

March 26

1Brown Thrasher