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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 14

2Mourning Dove
4Clapper Rail
1Killdeer
1Solitary Sandpiper
1Willet
1Greater Yellowlegs
2Laughing Gull
1Forster's Tern
1Royal Tern
19White Ibis
1Snowy Egret
1Green Heron
2Great Egret
8Brown Pelican
1Blue Jay
2American Crow
1Fish Crow
1Carolina Chickadee
4Barn Swallow
1Marsh Wren
3Carolina Wren
1Brown Thrasher
1Northern Mockingbird
2Savannah Sparrow
6Red-winged Blackbird
9Brown-headed Cowbird
3Common Grackle
1Boat-tailed Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat
7Northern Cardinal

April 13

1Mottled Duck
9Hudsonian Whimbrel
2Ring-billed Gull
1American Herring Gull
2Double-crested Cormorant
2Tricolored Heron
1Great Blue Heron
2Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1Tufted Titmouse
6Tree Swallow
1Purple Martin
4White-throated Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
3Yellow-rumped Warbler

April 11

2American Oystercatcher
4Black-bellied Plover
4Semipalmated Plover
1Marbled Godwit
180Short-billed Dowitcher
3Long-billed Dowitcher
3Lesser Yellowlegs
15Dunlin
10Least Sandpiper
1Great Black-backed Gull
2Least Tern
1Common Loon
3Western Cattle-Egret
2Northern Harrier
1Downy Woodpecker
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Sedge Wren
6Seaside Sparrow
1Song Sparrow

April 8

1Sharp-shinned Hawk