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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.

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Recent reports from Hatteras Point

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

May 15

4Mourning Dove
1American Oystercatcher
6Black-bellied Plover
1Semipalmated Plover
2Willet
2Greater Yellowlegs
13Ruddy Turnstone
3Red Knot
20Sanderling
5Dunlin
35Laughing Gull
1Ring-billed Gull
10Herring Gull
1Great Black-backed Gull
38Black Skimmer
15Least Tern
3Forster's Tern
8Common Tern
4Sandwich Tern
40Royal Tern
6Double-crested Cormorant
15Brown Pelican
2Tricolored Heron
3Great Egret
4White Ibis
2Turkey Vulture
1Great Crested Flycatcher
2Eastern Kingbird
1Black-whiskered Vireo
3Purple Martin
8Barn Swallow
2Carolina Wren
2Gray Catbird
1Brown Thrasher
1Northern Mockingbird
1Song Sparrow
4Eastern Towhee
5Red-winged Blackbird
4Brown-headed Cowbird
4Common Grackle
5Boat-tailed Grackle
2Common Yellowthroat
1Northern Cardinal
1Indigo Bunting

May 14

2Whimbrel
2Short-billed Dowitcher
2Spotted Sandpiper
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
1Caspian Tern
1Sooty Shearwater
2Black-crowned Night Heron
4Great Blue Heron
1Ovenbird
1Blackpoll Warbler