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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 Huntington Beach State Park, Murrells Inlet US-SC 33.51544, -79.05100

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

May 17

6Mourning Dove
2Common Nighthawk
3Chimney Swift
2Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Sora
8Common Gallinule
2American Coot
4Black-bellied Plover
3Killdeer
40Semipalmated Plover
2Wilson's Plover
1Hudsonian Whimbrel
2Willet
3Greater Yellowlegs
2Ruddy Turnstone
10Sanderling
40Semipalmated Sandpiper
3Laughing Gull
4Black Skimmer
35Least Tern
32Royal Tern
5Anhinga
4Double-crested Cormorant
2White Ibis
4Roseate Spoonbill
1Least Bittern
2Little Blue Heron
6Snowy Egret
3Green Heron
10Great Egret
20Brown Pelican
1Bald Eagle
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1White-eyed Vireo
1American Crow
2Fish Crow
3Carolina Chickadee
5Barn Swallow
3White-breasted Nuthatch
2Brown-headed Nuthatch
3Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Carolina Wren
1Brown Thrasher
1Northern Mockingbird
3House Finch
1Orchard Oriole
10Red-winged Blackbird
2Brown-headed Cowbird
6Common Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat
1Northern Parula
1Pine Warbler
1Summer Tanager
5Northern Cardinal
6Painted Bunting