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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.

April 8

8Hudsonian Whimbrel
4Greater Yellowlegs
5Laughing Gull
1Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
5Snowy Egret
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Red-winged Blackbird
1Boat-tailed Grackle
1Wild Turkey
5Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Merlin
1White-eyed Vireo
2Carolina Chickadee
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Carolina Wren
3European Starling
1Northern Mockingbird
2Eastern Bluebird
3White-throated Sparrow
2Black-and-white Warbler
1Northern Parula
1Palm Warbler
2Yellow-throated Warbler
3Northern Cardinal

April 6

2Mourning Dove
2Wilson's Plover
4Long-billed Dowitcher
15Willet
3Great Egret
2Black Vulture
3Turkey Vulture
1Bald Eagle
1Great Crested Flycatcher
3American Crow
10Tufted Titmouse
30Tree Swallow
2Eastern Towhee
3Pine Warbler
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Painted Bunting

April 3

1American Oystercatcher
4Ruddy Turnstone
4Brown Pelican
1Osprey
2Blue Jay
2Fish Crow
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
6House Finch
1Savannah Sparrow
2Brown-headed Cowbird
4Common Grackle

April 2

12Black Scoter
15Red-breasted Merganser
1Black-bellied Plover
8Sanderling
30Dunlin
3Royal Tern
1Pileated Woodpecker
2Marsh Wren
32Lesser Scaup
2Western Sandpiper
4Bonaparte's Gull
1Ring-billed Gull
3American Herring Gull
2Gull-billed Tern
8Forster's Tern
1Double-crested Cormorant
6Great Blue Heron
17Cedar Waxwing
1Common Yellowthroat
1Summer Tanager