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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 11

1Mottled Duck
6Mourning Dove
11Clapper Rail
2American Oystercatcher
4Black-bellied Plover
4Killdeer
4Semipalmated Plover
1Hudsonian Whimbrel
1Marbled Godwit
180Short-billed Dowitcher
3Long-billed Dowitcher
3Lesser Yellowlegs
12Willet
4Greater Yellowlegs
15Dunlin
10Least Sandpiper
40Laughing Gull
3Ring-billed Gull
2American Herring Gull
1Great Black-backed Gull
2Least Tern
8Forster's Tern
15Royal Tern
1Common Loon
21Double-crested Cormorant
43White Ibis
4Tricolored Heron
5Snowy Egret
3Western Cattle-Egret
3Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
42Brown Pelican
3Turkey Vulture
2Northern Harrier
1Downy Woodpecker
2American Crow
2Fish Crow
1Carolina Chickadee
2Tufted Titmouse
14Tree Swallow
8Barn Swallow
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Sedge Wren
4Marsh Wren
4Carolina Wren
4Northern Mockingbird
2White-throated Sparrow
6Seaside Sparrow
11Savannah Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
22Red-winged Blackbird
3Brown-headed Cowbird
5Common Grackle
24Boat-tailed Grackle
8Northern Cardinal

April 8

1Sharp-shinned Hawk