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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 16

2Blue-winged Teal
1Mourning Dove
1Common Nighthawk
13Clapper Rail
1Black-bellied Plover
1Killdeer
2Semipalmated Plover
15Short-billed Dowitcher
2Spotted Sandpiper
7Willet
10Greater Yellowlegs
2Least Sandpiper
26Laughing Gull
2Ring-billed Gull
1Great Black-backed Gull
1Sandwich Tern
6Royal Tern
6Brown Pelican
1Black-crowned Night Heron
4Tricolored Heron
2Snowy Egret
7Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
13White Ibis
1Turkey Vulture
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Great Crested Flycatcher
3Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
6Barn Swallow
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Marsh Wren
2Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
1House Finch
1Seaside Sparrow
6Red-winged Blackbird
11Boat-tailed Grackle
6Northern Cardinal
6Painted Bunting
1Herring Gull
6Black Skimmer
1Common Tern
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Green Heron
2Osprey
2American Crow
1Fish Crow
2Eastern Towhee
2Hooded Warbler
1Yellow Warbler

May 15

2Mallard
1Mottled Duck
2Whimbrel
1Sanderling
30Dunlin
1Pectoral Sandpiper
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Common Loon
1Little Blue Heron
3Glossy Ibis
1Cooper's Hawk
1Bank Swallow
2Tree Swallow
2Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1Brown Thrasher
10Cedar Waxwing
3Nelson's Sparrow
1Orchard Oriole
1Common Yellowthroat
1Blue Grosbeak
1Indigo Bunting

May 13

3American Oystercatcher
3Common Grackle
1Virginia Rail
2Gull-billed Tern
1Northern Harrier
1Bobolink

May 11

1Forster's Tern
1Eastern Kingbird
2Least Tern
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Blue Jay
2Purple Martin
1American Redstart
2Canada Goose
1Belted Kingfisher
2Red-breasted Merganser
1Wilson's Plover
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Western Cattle Egret
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Brown-headed Cowbird
1Blackpoll Warbler
1Downy Woodpecker