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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 Mason Inlet Waterbird Management Area

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

May 16

2Wilson's Plover
2Red Knot
4Sanderling
2Semipalmated Sandpiper
2Laughing Gull
20Black Skimmer
20Least Tern
4Gull-billed Tern
2Sandwich Tern
21Royal Tern
4Brown Pelican

May 12

2American Oystercatcher
1Willet
1Double-crested Cormorant
2Northern Mockingbird
2Mourning Dove
3Clapper Rail
1Black-bellied Plover
1Killdeer
12Semipalmated Plover
3Whimbrel
1Greater Yellowlegs
2Ruddy Turnstone
12Dunlin
12Least Sandpiper
2Western Sandpiper
7Ring-billed Gull
1Great Black-backed Gull
2Common Tern
4Tricolored Heron
2Snowy Egret
3Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
45White Ibis
1Osprey
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1American Crow
1Fish Crow
6Barn Swallow
1Carolina Wren
2House Sparrow
2House Finch
1Seaside Sparrow
3Nelson's Sparrow
6Red-winged Blackbird
6Boat-tailed Grackle
2Northern Cardinal

May 11

6Short-billed Dowitcher
2Spotted Sandpiper
2Herring Gull
1Caspian Tern
2Turkey Vulture
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow
5Common Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat

May 10

1Red-breasted Merganser
1Common Loon
3Green Heron