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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 Fort Fisher SRA--Basin Trail and Aquarium Pond

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

April 29

4Mourning Dove
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
2Common Nighthawk
1Chuck-will's-widow
2Chimney Swift
15Clapper Rail
3Virginia Rail
1Sora
2Black-bellied Plover
4Short-billed Dowitcher
3Willet
1Greater Yellowlegs
10Laughing Gull
5Royal Tern
4White Ibis
3Black-crowned Night Heron
6Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
1Great Egret
30Brown Pelican
3Great Horned Owl
1Great Crested Flycatcher
2American Crow
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
12Marsh Wren
1Carolina Wren
4Northern Mockingbird
4Seaside Sparrow
1Nelson's Sparrow
1Savannah Sparrow
40Red-winged Blackbird
8Boat-tailed Grackle
2Common Yellowthroat
4Painted Bunting

April 28

1Mottled Duck
1Rock Pigeon
2American Oystercatcher
3Killdeer
7Hudsonian Whimbrel
4Lesser Yellowlegs
3Least Sandpiper
2American Herring Gull
1Great Black-backed Gull
1Least Tern
1Caspian Tern
3Forster's Tern
5Sandwich Tern
4Common Loon
5Double-crested Cormorant
1Snowy Egret
3Turkey Vulture
3Osprey
1Blue Jay
2Carolina Chickadee
2Tufted Titmouse
3Barn Swallow
1Gray Catbird
2Brown Thrasher
3Brown-headed Cowbird
2Common Grackle
6Northern Cardinal
1Indigo Bunting

April 27

1Black Skimmer
1Merlin

April 25

1Great Blue Heron