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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.

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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.

March 29

4Hooded Merganser
1Wild Turkey
4Mourning Dove
2American Oystercatcher
1Piping Plover
4Wilson's Plover
4Hudsonian Whimbrel
1Long-billed Curlew
6Willet
18Ruddy Turnstone
5Red Knot
8Sanderling
62Dunlin
13Laughing Gull
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
8Forster's Tern
2Pied-billed Grebe
3Double-crested Cormorant
4Little Blue Heron
4Tricolored Heron
3Snowy Egret
2Great Egret
2Brown Pelican
1Black Vulture
5Turkey Vulture
4Bald Eagle
1Red-tailed Hawk
2Belted Kingfisher
6Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Downy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
15White-eyed Vireo
7Blue Jay
2American Crow
2Fish Crow
6Carolina Chickadee
10Tufted Titmouse
3Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2White-breasted Nuthatch
4Brown-headed Nuthatch
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
7Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
4Northern Mockingbird
13Eastern Bluebird
1Hermit Thrush
1Cedar Waxwing
6House Finch
9Chipping Sparrow
5White-throated Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
11Eastern Towhee
3Red-winged Blackbird
5Brown-headed Cowbird
2Boat-tailed Grackle
4Northern Parula
1Palm Warbler
14Pine Warbler
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
5Yellow-throated Warbler
34Northern Cardinal

March 28

8Lesser Yellowlegs

March 27

2Clapper Rail
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Greater Yellowlegs
1Anhinga
2Osprey
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1American Goldfinch
1Louisiana Waterthrush
1Black-bellied Plover
4Least Sandpiper
1Royal Tern
2Wood Duck
4Blue-winged Teal
1Marbled Godwit
3Great Blue Heron
1American Robin
1Swamp Sparrow
2Common Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat

March 26

1Brown Thrasher