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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.

May 1

2Canada Goose
2Mourning Dove
4Clapper Rail
3American Oystercatcher
1Killdeer
1Lesser Yellowlegs
20Laughing Gull
5Ring-billed Gull
2Black Skimmer
1Least Tern
1Forster's Tern
6Royal Tern
3Double-crested Cormorant
8White Ibis
1Tricolored Heron
1Snowy Egret
8Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
15Brown Pelican
4Turkey Vulture
5American Crow
2Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
4Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
2American Robin
2Song Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
11Red-winged Blackbird
2Common Grackle
12Boat-tailed Grackle
1Ovenbird
2Common Yellowthroat
7Northern Cardinal
2Painted Bunting
2Barn Swallow
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
3Rock Pigeon
4Black-bellied Plover
1Semipalmated Plover
2Hudsonian Whimbrel
2Short-billed Dowitcher
5Willet
2Seaside Sparrow

April 29

1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
1Osprey
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
2Common Nighthawk
1Chuck-will's-widow
2Chimney Swift
3Virginia Rail
1Sora
1Greater Yellowlegs
3Black-crowned Night Heron
6Little Blue Heron
3Great Horned Owl
1Great Crested Flycatcher
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
12Marsh Wren
1Nelson's Sparrow
1Savannah Sparrow

April 28

1Mottled Duck
3Least Sandpiper
2American Herring Gull
1Great Black-backed Gull
1Caspian Tern
5Sandwich Tern
4Common Loon
1Blue Jay
2Brown Thrasher
3Brown-headed Cowbird
1Indigo Bunting

April 27

1Merlin