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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 Onslow Beach ISS

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

November 18

43Green-winged Teal
2Greater Scaup
3Bufflehead
5Hooded Merganser
2Red-breasted Merganser
1Mourning Dove
16Black-bellied Plover
5Killdeer
2Semipalmated Plover
4Piping Plover
1Wilson's Plover
1Willet
7Greater Yellowlegs
10Ruddy Turnstone
120Sanderling
97Dunlin
2Western Sandpiper
350Laughing Gull
364Ring-billed Gull
50American Herring Gull
27Great Black-backed Gull
10Lesser Black-backed Gull
2Black Skimmer
38Forster's Tern
11Sandwich Tern
4Royal Tern
3Pied-billed Grebe
6Common Loon
1Northern Gannet
149Double-crested Cormorant
24White Ibis
1Tricolored Heron
20Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
151Brown Pelican
1Osprey
1Northern Harrier
12European Starling
1Savannah Sparrow
20Red-winged Blackbird
4Boat-tailed Grackle
6Yellow-rumped Warbler