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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.

October 26

4Ruddy Turnstone ✓
8Red Knot ✓
3Sanderling ✓
1Laughing Gull ✓
1Tricolored Heron ✓
2Snowy Egret ✓
1Great Egret ✓
7Brown Pelican ✓
1Osprey ✓
3Fish Crow ✓
5Northern Rough-winged Swallow ✓

October 25

1Wood Duck ✓
2Great Blue Heron ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
2Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
1Willow Flycatcher
4Blue Jay ✓
8American Crow ✓
4Carolina Chickadee ✓
1Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
2Carolina Wren ✓
2Swamp Sparrow ✓
17Red-winged Blackbird ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓
1Northern Cardinal ✓
1Painted Bunting ✓

October 24

1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
3Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
10Dunlin ✓
1Wood Stork ✓
1Double-crested Cormorant ✓
2Black Vulture ✓
1Merlin ✓
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓

October 23

1Killdeer ✓
2Roseate Spoonbill ✓
2Little Blue Heron ✓
2Sharp-shinned Hawk ✓
5Cooper's Hawk ✓
8Northern Harrier ✓
4Bald Eagle ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
9American Kestrel ✓
2Eastern Phoebe ✓
5Tufted Titmouse ✓
80Tree Swallow ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
17Eastern Bluebird ✓
1White-crowned Sparrow ✓
30Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Pine Warbler ✓

October 22

1Mourning Dove ✓
1White Ibis ✓
1Piping Plover ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Clapper Rail ✓
3Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
3Peregrine Falcon
2Black-bellied Plover ✓
5Prairie Willet ✓
3Royal Tern ✓
2Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
2White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
3Northern House Wren ✓
4Gray Catbird ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
1Hermit Thrush ✓
4House Finch ✓
1Savannah Sparrow ✓
2Song Sparrow ✓
5Eastern Towhee ✓
2Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
2Wild Turkey ✓