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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 Eagle Island Spoil Ponds

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

January 3

2Blue-winged Teal
200Northern Shoveler
16Gadwall
2American Wigeon
4Mallard
1Northern Pintail
350Green-winged Teal
450Ring-necked Duck
6Bufflehead
5Hooded Merganser
75Ruddy Duck
4Mourning Dove
3Virginia Rail
4Common Gallinule
3American Coot
2American Avocet
30Killdeer
15Semipalmated Plover
25Long-billed Dowitcher
30Dunlin
40Least Sandpiper
12Western Sandpiper
40Ring-billed Gull
2American Herring Gull
3Forster's Tern
2Pied-billed Grebe
2Double-crested Cormorant
1Tricolored Heron
2Great Egret
1Turkey Vulture
1Cooper's Hawk
2Northern Harrier
1Bald Eagle
2Red-shouldered Hawk
4Red-tailed Hawk
2Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Northern Flicker
1American Kestrel
1Merlin
2Eastern Phoebe
1Western Kingbird
3American Crow
1Carolina Chickadee
5Tree Swallow
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2Northern House Wren
1Sedge Wren
2Carolina Wren
3Gray Catbird
2Northern Mockingbird
8Eastern Bluebird
20American Robin
1American Pipit
6House Finch
2Fox Sparrow
75Savannah Sparrow
30Song Sparrow
8Swamp Sparrow
1Eastern Meadowlark
150Red-winged Blackbird
2Orange-crowned Warbler
4Palm Warbler
50Yellow-rumped Warbler
3Northern Cardinal
13Canada Goose
1Redhead
1Lesser Scaup
2Sora
2Greater Yellowlegs
XLaughing Gull
1Little Blue Heron
2Great Blue Heron
1Peregrine Falcon
2White-crowned Sparrow
2White-throated Sparrow