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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.

February 9

2Mallard
13Black Scoter
1Great Black-backed Gull
6Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
3Snowy Egret
6Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
1American White Pelican
1Brown Pelican
15Black Vulture
3Bald Eagle
3Belted Kingfisher
5American Crow
2Carolina Chickadee
5Tufted Titmouse
1Eastern Bluebird
3Song Sparrow
2Red-winged Blackbird
3Yellow-rumped Warbler
2Wood Duck
12Hooded Merganser
1Mourning Dove
2American Oystercatcher
2Willet
2Ruddy Turnstone
1Forster's Tern
2Turkey Vulture
1Red-headed Woodpecker
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1American Kestrel
4Blue Jay
1Fish Crow
4Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
1Eastern Towhee
2Pine Warbler
3Northern Cardinal

February 8

1Clapper Rail
4Killdeer
1Sharp-shinned Hawk
1Eastern Phoebe
1Northern Mockingbird
1House Finch
30Brown-headed Cowbird
1Rusty Blackbird
10Palm Warbler
2Black-bellied Plover
2Semipalmated Plover
24Dunlin
3Least Sandpiper
5Ring-billed Gull
1Royal Tern
1Double-crested Cormorant
12White Ibis
1Western Cattle-Egret
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Downy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1White-breasted Nuthatch
4Brown-headed Nuthatch
21American Robin
74Cedar Waxwing
2Chipping Sparrow
11White-throated Sparrow
2Swamp Sparrow

February 6

1Osprey
3Common Grackle

February 4

1Greater Yellowlegs