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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 Donnelley WMA--Fishburne/Lodge Pond (ONLY FOR BIRDING AT THIS IMMEDIATE POND AREA)

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

May 11

24Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
8Chimney Swift
5Common Gallinule
2Killdeer
6Laughing Gull
1Wood Stork
5Anhinga
1Double-crested Cormorant
2Least Bittern
1Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
3Snowy Egret
2Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
2White Ibis
1Black Vulture
4Turkey Vulture
1Swallow-tailed Kite
2Mississippi Kite
1Cooper's Hawk
4Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Red-cockaded Woodpecker
2Pileated Woodpecker
3Eastern Wood-Pewee
2Great Crested Flycatcher
1Eastern Kingbird
3White-eyed Vireo
2Red-eyed Vireo
1American Crow
1Fish Crow
2Carolina Chickadee
4Tufted Titmouse
10Barn Swallow
2White-breasted Nuthatch
4Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Carolina Wren
2Northern Mockingbird
6Eastern Bluebird
2Chipping Sparrow
2Eastern Towhee
8Red-winged Blackbird
5Common Yellowthroat
1Northern Parula
3Pine Warbler
1Yellow-throated Warbler
1Summer Tanager
2Northern Cardinal
1Blue Grosbeak
2Indigo Bunting