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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 Spring Island (restricted access)

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

May 12

1Red-tailed Hawk
1Belted Kingfisher
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Great Crested Flycatcher
2Blue Jay
3American Crow
1Fish Crow
1Brown Thrasher
3Northern Mockingbird
2Eastern Bluebird
2House Finch
1Brown-headed Cowbird
2Pine Warbler
1Northern Cardinal
1Painted Bunting
1Mourning Dove
2Eastern Screech-Owl
1Great Horned Owl
1Tufted Titmouse
3Purple Martin
1Carolina Wren
3Chipping Sparrow

May 11

8Black-bellied Plover
25Whimbrel
2Tricolored Heron
1Snowy Egret
4Green Heron
2Great Egret
3Great Blue Heron
3Black Vulture
1Turkey Vulture
3Red-headed Woodpecker
2Pileated Woodpecker
6Eastern Wood-Pewee
12White-eyed Vireo
3Yellow-throated Vireo
4Carolina Chickadee
3Brown-headed Nuthatch
6Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
4Eastern Towhee
6Red-winged Blackbird
8Northern Parula
3Yellow-throated Warbler
2Summer Tanager
3Chimney Swift
1Clapper Rail
15Semipalmated Plover
15Dunlin
1Wood Stork
4Anhinga
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
10Black-crowned Night Heron
4Little Blue Heron
1American Redstart

May 10

1Killdeer
1Osprey
1Mississippi Kite
1Bald Eagle
3Downy Woodpecker
1Acadian Flycatcher
4Eastern Kingbird
1Red-eyed Vireo
2White-breasted Nuthatch
1Gray Catbird
1Orchard Oriole
1Baltimore Oriole
1Worm-eating Warbler
2Common Yellowthroat
6Blackpoll Warbler
1Indigo Bunting
1Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
1American Robin
3Cedar Waxwing
2Boat-tailed Grackle

May 9

1Laughing Gull

May 8

3White Ibis
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Chuck-will's-widow
3Spotted Sandpiper
2Double-crested Cormorant
3Barn Swallow
1Western Cattle Egret
1American Goldfinch

May 7

1American Oystercatcher
1Brown Pelican