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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.

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Recent reports from Mitchelville Freedom Park

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

May 14

2Mourning Dove
1Chimney Swift
3Ruby-throated Hummingbird
12Clapper Rail
18Black-bellied Plover
40Semipalmated Plover
2Piping Plover
16Hudsonian Whimbrel
1Short-billed Dowitcher
2Spotted Sandpiper
2Willet
3Ruddy Turnstone
42Red Knot
7Sanderling
120Dunlin
6Least Sandpiper
24Semipalmated Sandpiper
2Laughing Gull
1Ring-billed Gull
90Black Skimmer
2Forster's Tern
56Royal Tern
1Wood Stork
1Anhinga
2Double-crested Cormorant
28White Ibis
5Yellow-crowned Night Heron
2Black-crowned Night Heron
1Little Blue Heron
3Tricolored Heron
2Snowy Egret
2Green Heron
4Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
5Brown Pelican
1Black Vulture
3Turkey Vulture
2Bald Eagle
1Mississippi Kite
1Red-shouldered Hawk
4Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
4Great Crested Flycatcher
4White-eyed Vireo
2Red-eyed Vireo
2Blue Jay
8American Crow
5Fish Crow
3Carolina Chickadee
4Tufted Titmouse
1Tree Swallow
2White-breasted Nuthatch
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
3Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
1Eastern Towhee
3Red-winged Blackbird
3Common Grackle
2Boat-tailed Grackle
2Northern Parula
1Pine Warbler
4Northern Cardinal
3Painted Bunting

May 13

1Caspian Tern
2Eastern Kingbird
4Northern Rough-winged Swallow
2Eastern Bluebird

May 10

1Osprey
2Eastern Screech-Owl
1Pileated Woodpecker
3Barn Swallow
2Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Swainson's Thrush
5Cedar Waxwing
4House Finch
3American Goldfinch
2Chipping Sparrow
1Brown-headed Cowbird
1Ovenbird
1Northern Waterthrush
1Black-and-white Warbler
3Common Yellowthroat
1Hooded Warbler
4American Redstart
1Blackpoll Warbler
2Yellow-throated Warbler
1Summer Tanager