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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 14

6Mourning Dove
1Clapper Rail
4American Oystercatcher
5Black-bellied Plover
18Semipalmated Plover
5Short-billed Dowitcher
4Willet
4Ruddy Turnstone
205Red Knot
50Sanderling
20Dunlin
4Least Sandpiper
7Semipalmated Sandpiper
35Laughing Gull
2Ring-billed Gull
7American Herring Gull
12Great Black-backed Gull
55Black Skimmer
25Least Tern
1Forster's Tern
8Common Tern
35Royal Tern
6Double-crested Cormorant
6White Ibis
5Black-crowned Night Heron
1Tricolored Heron
5Great Egret
1Brown Pelican
2Osprey
1Eastern Kingbird
1Red-eyed Vireo
1Black-whiskered Vireo
1Purple Martin
4Barn Swallow
1Gray Catbird
1Brown Thrasher
2House Finch
1Song Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
6Red-winged Blackbird
4Boat-tailed Grackle
2Common Yellowthroat
1American Redstart
1Prairie Warbler

May 13

1Surf Scoter
2Spotted Sandpiper
2Gull-billed Tern
2Black Tern
2Common Loon
1Northern Gannet
2Seaside Sparrow
1Northern Cardinal