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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.

July 1

5Mourning Dove
3American Oystercatcher
4Black-bellied Plover
2Killdeer
2Semipalmated Plover
1Spotted Sandpiper
4Lesser Yellowlegs
8Willet
5Greater Yellowlegs
15Laughing Gull
20American Herring Gull
4Great Black-backed Gull
15Black Skimmer
25Least Tern
2Gull-billed Tern
4Common Tern
12Sandwich Tern
45Royal Tern
4Double-crested Cormorant
5White Ibis
4Tricolored Heron
9Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
15Brown Pelican
1Eastern Kingbird
12Purple Martin
6Barn Swallow
1Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
2House Finch
1Song Sparrow
2Eastern Towhee
7Red-winged Blackbird
3Brown-headed Cowbird
5Boat-tailed Grackle
2Common Yellowthroat

June 29

2Clapper Rail
3Short-billed Dowitcher
2Forster's Tern
10Black-crowned Night Heron
2Little Blue Heron
5Snowy Egret
1Gray Catbird
1Orchard Oriole
25Common Grackle
1Northern Cardinal

June 27

3Lesser Black-backed Gull
1Cooper's Hawk
1European Starling
1Prairie Warbler