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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 18

1Mottled Duck
3Mourning Dove
1Chimney Swift
7Clapper Rail
1American Oystercatcher
1Black-bellied Plover
2Killdeer
1Semipalmated Plover
7Willet
1Greater Yellowlegs
2Laughing Gull
6Royal Tern
21White Ibis
2Snowy Egret
1Green Heron
2Great Egret
28Brown Pelican
1Osprey
1Cooper's Hawk
2Blue Jay
3American Crow
3Carolina Chickadee
2Tufted Titmouse
12Tree Swallow
12Barn Swallow
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Sedge Wren
4Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
2Northern Mockingbird
2White-throated Sparrow
2Savannah Sparrow
14Red-winged Blackbird
2Boat-tailed Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat
1Pine Warbler
4Yellow-rumped Warbler
5Northern Cardinal
4Painted Bunting

April 16

3Rock Pigeon
3Bonaparte's Gull
1Gull-billed Tern
8Sandwich Tern
1Tricolored Heron
2Turkey Vulture
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Fish Crow
1Brown-headed Cowbird

April 14

7Hudsonian Whimbrel
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1American Herring Gull
1Northern Harrier
1Cliff Swallow
1Eastern Bluebird
3Greater Scaup
1Lesser Scaup
1Red-breasted Merganser
1Ring-billed Gull
2Lesser Black-backed Gull
1Least Tern
1Caspian Tern
2Great Blue Heron
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Northern House Wren
1Marsh Wren
1American Robin
1House Finch
2Seaside Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
1Prairie Warbler
1Forster's Tern
1Brown Thrasher
3Common Grackle

April 13

1Purple Martin
1Eastern Towhee
1Bald Eagle
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Nelson's Sparrow