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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 Harbor Island (restricted access)

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

April 30

2Eurasian Collared-Dove
5Mourning Dove
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
3Chimney Swift
2Ruby-throated Hummingbird
20Semipalmated Plover
1Whimbrel
8Laughing Gull
1Black Skimmer
1Wood Stork
1Anhinga
1Tricolored Heron
4Snowy Egret
3Great Egret
1Osprey
1Red-tailed Hawk
3Red-bellied Woodpecker
4Downy Woodpecker
2Great Crested Flycatcher
2American Crow
9Carolina Chickadee
5Tufted Titmouse
1White-breasted Nuthatch
5Brown-headed Nuthatch
4Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
4Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
3Eastern Bluebird
9House Finch
1White-throated Sparrow
2Eastern Towhee
3Orchard Oriole
4Red-winged Blackbird
2Brown-headed Cowbird
2Common Grackle
1Black-and-white Warbler
1American Redstart
1Pine Warbler
1Yellow-throated Warbler
1Summer Tanager
11Northern Cardinal
5Painted Bunting

April 29

1Common Ground Dove
1Brown Thrasher
1Veery
1Worm-eating Warbler
1Common Yellowthroat
1Cape May Warbler
2Northern Parula
1Yellow Warbler
2Black-throated Blue Warbler
1Indigo Bunting

April 28

1Double-crested Cormorant
1Green Heron
1Great Blue Heron
1Brown Pelican
2Purple Martin
3European Starling

April 27

1Black-bellied Plover
1Piping Plover
15Short-billed Dowitcher
2Least Sandpiper
3Semipalmated Sandpiper
5Least Tern
10Royal Tern
2Black-crowned Night Heron
2Little Blue Heron
4Black Vulture
2Fish Crow
11Barn Swallow
1American Robin
6Boat-tailed Grackle
1Clapper Rail
5Wilson's Plover
14Marbled Godwit
2Spotted Sandpiper
1Solitary Sandpiper
6Willet
35Ruddy Turnstone
1000Red Knot
120Sanderling
85Dunlin
2Western Sandpiper
4Ring-billed Gull
2American Herring Gull
1Gull-billed Tern
8Forster's Tern
35Sandwich Tern
2White Ibis
3Roseate Spoonbill
2Turkey Vulture
1Bald Eagle
1Merlin
2Eastern Kingbird
1Red-eyed Vireo
5Blue Jay
1Blackpoll Warbler
1Palm Warbler
1Yellow-rumped Warbler

April 26

2Rock Pigeon
3Tree Swallow