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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 Congaree Creek Heritage Preserve

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

May 12

3Mourning Dove
5Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Chimney Swift
3Double-crested Cormorant
1Great Blue Heron
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
1Eastern Phoebe
2Great Crested Flycatcher
1Eastern Kingbird
1White-eyed Vireo
1Red-eyed Vireo
5Tufted Titmouse
4Barn Swallow
4Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
3Carolina Wren
4Brown Thrasher
1Northern Mockingbird
1Wood Thrush
2Eastern Towhee
1Yellow-breasted Chat
3Brown-headed Cowbird
1American Redstart
3Northern Parula
1Pine Warbler
1Yellow-throated Warbler
2Summer Tanager
10Northern Cardinal
1Blue Grosbeak
6Indigo Bunting

May 11

1Great Egret
2Black Vulture
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Downy Woodpecker
4Blue Jay
1American Crow
4Carolina Chickadee
1Gray Catbird
1Gray-cheeked Thrush
1Swainson's Thrush
1American Robin
4Common Grackle
1Black-and-white Warbler
2Prothonotary Warbler
2Swainson's Warbler
2Blackpoll Warbler
1Scarlet Tanager

May 10

2Green Heron
5Turkey Vulture
1Mississippi Kite
1Acadian Flycatcher
14Northern Rough-winged Swallow
3Cliff Swallow
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1American Goldfinch
1Orchard Oriole
4Common Yellowthroat
1Black-throated Blue Warbler