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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 16

1Rock Pigeon
1Mourning Dove
5Clapper Rail
1Killdeer
1Willet
1Greater Yellowlegs
5Laughing Gull
2Royal Tern
1Double-crested Cormorant
20White Ibis
2Tricolored Heron
12Snowy Egret
1Green Heron
2Great Egret
4Brown Pelican
1Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1American Crow
1Fish Crow
2Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
5Tree Swallow
10Barn Swallow
3Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
2Savannah Sparrow
3Red-winged Blackbird
1Brown-headed Cowbird
2Boat-tailed Grackle
4Northern Cardinal
1Painted Bunting

April 14

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

April 13

1Purple Martin
1Eastern Towhee
3Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Bald Eagle
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Gray Catbird
1Nelson's Sparrow

April 11

2American Oystercatcher
4Semipalmated Plover
1Marbled Godwit
180Short-billed Dowitcher
3Long-billed Dowitcher
15Dunlin
10Least Sandpiper
1Great Black-backed Gull
1Common Loon
3Western Cattle-Egret
1Downy Woodpecker
2Sedge Wren