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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 Cape Hatteras

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

August 28

6Blue-winged Teal
70Mourning Dove
10Black-bellied Plover
10Killdeer
15Semipalmated Plover
10Short-billed Dowitcher
25Spotted Sandpiper
2Lesser Yellowlegs
20Willet
1Greater Yellowlegs
35Ruddy Turnstone
1Red Knot
2Buff-breasted Sandpiper
20Sanderling
50Least Sandpiper
30Pectoral Sandpiper
40Semipalmated Sandpiper
100Laughing Gull
2Ring-billed Gull
20American Herring Gull
30Great Black-backed Gull
10Lesser Black-backed Gull
4Caspian Tern
15Black Tern
2Forster's Tern
15Common Tern
3Roseate Tern
70Royal Tern
70Double-crested Cormorant
1Little Blue Heron
3Snowy Egret
30Brown Pelican
5Turkey Vulture
2Osprey
1Cooper's Hawk
1Carolina Wren
1Eastern Towhee

August 27

XCanada Goose
XAmerican Oystercatcher
XSolitary Sandpiper
XLeast Tern
XGreen Heron
XGreat Egret
XGreat Blue Heron
XBelted Kingfisher
XAmerican Crow
XNorthern Mockingbird
XRed-winged Blackbird
XBlue Grosbeak