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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 13

2Killdeer
1Little Blue Heron
2Tricolored Heron
3Snowy Egret
1Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
1Black Vulture
5Belted Kingfisher
3Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Pileated Woodpecker
1Blue Jay
4American Crow
6Carolina Chickadee
6Tufted Titmouse
1White-breasted Nuthatch
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Carolina Wren
7Eastern Bluebird
11American Robin
7Cedar Waxwing
17House Finch
4American Goldfinch
2Chipping Sparrow
5White-throated Sparrow
3Song Sparrow
9Common Grackle
3Pine Warbler
22Yellow-rumped Warbler
12Northern Cardinal
150White-winged Scoter
16Black Scoter
8Forster's Tern
3White Ibis
1Hermit Thrush
1Swamp Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
1American White Pelican
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1Northern Flicker
1Common Yellowthroat
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Northern Mockingbird
2Turkey Vulture
2Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Mourning Dove
4Willet
20Ruddy Turnstone
10Red Knot
5Sanderling
2Laughing Gull
1Ring-billed Gull
1Red-tailed Hawk
15Brown-headed Cowbird
1Boat-tailed Grackle

February 11

1Palm Warbler

February 9

2Mallard
1Great Black-backed Gull
1Brown Pelican
3Bald Eagle
2Red-winged Blackbird
2Wood Duck
12Hooded Merganser
2American Oystercatcher
1Red-headed Woodpecker
1American Kestrel
1Fish Crow
1Gray Catbird

February 8

1Clapper Rail
1Sharp-shinned Hawk
1Eastern Phoebe
1Rusty Blackbird
2Black-bellied Plover
2Semipalmated Plover
24Dunlin
3Least Sandpiper
1Royal Tern
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Western Cattle-Egret
1Downy Woodpecker