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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.

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Recent reports from Hunting Island SP

Only the most recent report per species is shown. Some reports may be pending verification.

August 11

1Osprey
2Carolina Chickadee
2Tufted Titmouse
1Carolina Wren
1Pine Warbler
6Northern Cardinal
1Tricolored Heron
1Green Heron
1Great Egret
1Belted Kingfisher
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
2Barn Swallow
3Brown-headed Nuthatch
45Red-winged Blackbird
1Prairie Warbler
2Painted Bunting
2Spotted Sandpiper
9Laughing Gull
2Snowy Egret
1Great Blue Heron
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Eastern Bluebird
1Boat-tailed Grackle
2Mourning Dove
2Common Tern
1Royal Tern
7Brown Pelican
1Northern Mockingbird

August 9

1Ring-billed Gull
2American Herring Gull
1House Finch
5American Oystercatcher
1Black-bellied Plover
50Semipalmated Plover
2Piping Plover
20Wilson's Plover
2Hudsonian Whimbrel
18Marbled Godwit
6Willet
7Ruddy Turnstone
15Sanderling
30Least Sandpiper
1Pectoral Sandpiper
1Western Sandpiper
100Semipalmated Sandpiper
20Black Skimmer
30Least Tern
100Black Tern
4Forster's Tern
50Sandwich Tern
3Turkey Vulture
1American Crow
1White Ibis
1Fish Crow

August 6

3Clapper Rail
10Short-billed Dowitcher
2Great Black-backed Gull
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Marsh Wren