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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 Santee NWR--Bluff Unit (fall and winter restricted access)

Only the most recent report per species is shown. Some reports may be pending verification.

May 8

1Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
4Mourning Dove
7Common Gallinule
2Killdeer
3Semipalmated Plover
1Spotted Sandpiper
2Solitary Sandpiper
1Lesser Yellowlegs
8Least Sandpiper
1Pectoral Sandpiper
8Anhinga
2White Ibis
3Little Blue Heron
2Green Heron
11Western Cattle-Egret
3Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
7Turkey Vulture
3Osprey
1Acadian Flycatcher
3Great Crested Flycatcher
1Eastern Kingbird
1Blue Jay
2American Crow
1Fish Crow
3Tree Swallow
1Marsh Wren
3Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
2Eastern Bluebird
2American Goldfinch
2Yellow-breasted Chat
3Orchard Oriole
XRed-winged Blackbird
3Boat-tailed Grackle
1Prothonotary Warbler
4Common Yellowthroat
1Northern Parula
2Summer Tanager
3Northern Cardinal
3Blue Grosbeak
5Painted Bunting

May 6

1Barn Swallow
1Downy Woodpecker
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
1White-eyed Vireo
2Tufted Titmouse
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Cedar Waxwing
1Indigo Bunting

May 4

7Canada Goose
2Wood Duck
2Mallard
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
2Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2King Rail
11American Coot
3Greater Yellowlegs
2Least Bittern
7Snowy Egret
3Barred Owl
7Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Pileated Woodpecker
1Eastern Phoebe
2Yellow-throated Vireo
14Red-eyed Vireo
2Purple Martin
2Brown Thrasher
1Northern Mockingbird
3American Robin
1House Sparrow
4Chipping Sparrow
2Savannah Sparrow
14Eastern Towhee
7Bobolink
1Eastern Meadowlark
1Baltimore Oriole
20Brown-headed Cowbird
15Common Grackle
1Northern Waterthrush
3Black-and-white Warbler
2Hooded Warbler
1American Redstart
2Blackpoll Warbler
3Black-throated Blue Warbler
5Pine Warbler
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
2Yellow-throated Warbler
1Scarlet Tanager

May 3

1Double-crested Cormorant
1Caspian Tern