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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.

October 11

1Mourning Dove ✓
6Clapper Rail ✓
9Ruddy Turnstone ✓
1Red Knot ✓
90Sanderling ✓
4Western Sandpiper ✓
6Laughing Gull ✓
3Caspian Tern ✓
6Royal Tern ✓
3Wood Stork ✓
1Roseate Spoonbill ✓
3Tricolored Heron ✓
9Snowy Egret ✓
10Great Egret ✓
6Great Blue Heron ✓
16Brown Pelican ✓
20Black Vulture ✓
36Turkey Vulture ✓
16Osprey ✓
1Sharp-shinned Hawk ✓
12Bald Eagle
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
2Belted Kingfisher ✓
5Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
7Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
3Pileated Woodpecker ✓
2American Kestrel ✓
1Merlin ✓
8Peregrine Falcon
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
1White-eyed Vireo ✓
6Blue Jay ✓
2American Crow ✓
5Fish Crow ✓
6Carolina Chickadee ✓
5Tufted Titmouse ✓
13Barn Swallow ✓
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
5Carolina Wren ✓
2Gray Catbird ✓
2Northern Mockingbird ✓
6Eastern Bluebird ✓
8House Finch ✓
4Eastern Towhee ✓
5Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
2American Redstart ✓
1Cape May Warbler ✓
4Palm Warbler ✓
5Pine Warbler ✓
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
21Northern Cardinal ✓
1Painted Bunting ✓

October 8

9White Ibis ✓
5Northern Harrier ✓
1Broad-winged Hawk
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
35Tree Swallow ✓
2Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Yellow-throated Warbler ✓

October 6

1Rose-breasted Grosbeak ✓