The CBC Wiki is a site where the birding community served by the Carolina Bird Club can construct an online encyclopedia of birds and birding in the Carolinas. The Wiki's initial focus is on building a guide to bird-finding in the Carolinas because that is a kind of information that is especially well-suited to a Wiki, but its content is limited only by our imagination and willingness to contribute. So please explore it and think about ways you can contribute--and start doing it!

How often have you found a web page with information that you know is out of date or wrong or incomplete? When that happens with a Wiki page, you just correct it yourself, you don't have to ask anyone! There are a number of local bird-finding guides around the web, but this will be a one-stop central location for all of the Carolinas, so don't hesitate to add a description of a site that you or someone else has already written up elsewhere. There must be many small sites that are of interest but haven't merited a writeup in other guides—there's room for everything on the Wiki. Colorado claims 880 birding sites described on their web site; there have to be that many in the Carolinas.

But don't stop with bird-finding, any topic related to birds and birding in the Carolinas is welcome. Describe your local bird club. Write a book review. Plug your Christmas Count. Describe a birding technique. Summarize a long carolinabirds thread.

The point of a Wiki is collaboration. Even if someone else has written an article that you'd like to write, don't let that stop you from making your own contribution to it. Conversely, this means that you don't need to feel pressure to complete a polished article in one take. It's OK to publish a "stub" article that may serve to inspire someone else to chime in and polish it up.

Getting started with a Wiki seems daunting at first, but with a little persistence you can figure it out. Feel free to email me directly with any questions that you have about getting started. I want to make this a success and I'll be happy to give you any help I can.