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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 Pitt Street Causeway

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

August 26

1American Oystercatcher
8Semipalmated Plover
1Marbled Godwit
1Willet
2Ruddy Turnstone
7Laughing Gull
1Black Tern
1Great Egret
2Wilson's Plover
6Short-billed Dowitcher
1Wood Stork
1Double-crested Cormorant
2Tricolored Heron
4Snowy Egret
40Brown Pelican
1Osprey
10Barn Swallow
12Boat-tailed Grackle

August 24

4Mourning Dove
4Clapper Rail
2Sandwich Tern
12Royal Tern
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
1Green Heron
2Great Blue Heron
1American Crow
1Fish Crow
3Bank Swallow
12Red-winged Blackbird
4Chimney Swift
1Black-bellied Plover
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Black Skimmer
1Common Grackle
1Northern Yellow Warbler
2Marsh Wren
1Carolina Wren
1Little Blue Heron
4Brown-headed Cowbird
1Sanderling
6White Ibis
1Belted Kingfisher
2Seaside Sparrow

August 23

1Cooper's Hawk
1House Finch
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2Turkey Vulture
2Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1Northern Mockingbird
1Least Sandpiper
1Northern Cardinal
1Eurasian Collared-Dove
1American Coot
1Greater Yellowlegs
6Semipalmated Sandpiper
2Ring-billed Gull
3Forster's Tern

August 20

1Hudsonian Whimbrel