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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.

May 15

3American Oystercatcher
9Hudsonian Whimbrel
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Willet
6Laughing Gull
2Least Tern
3Sandwich Tern
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
2Tricolored Heron
1Snowy Egret
1Great Egret
12Brown Pelican
1Osprey
1Purple Martin
2Barn Swallow
3Marsh Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
5Red-winged Blackbird
3Boat-tailed Grackle
1Northern Cardinal
3Mallard
2Black-bellied Plover
12Ruddy Turnstone
3Dunlin
3Black Skimmer
1Forster's Tern
1Great Blue Heron
3Fish Crow
1Carolina Wren
1Mourning Dove
7Chimney Swift
15Semipalmated Plover
2Semipalmated Sandpiper
4Gull-billed Tern
1Royal Tern
1Wood Stork
2Double-crested Cormorant
1Turkey Vulture
1Mississippi Kite
1Carolina Chickadee
1Brown Thrasher
2Bobolink

May 13

1Red-breasted Merganser
1Clapper Rail
1Short-billed Dowitcher
3Sanderling
1Least Sandpiper
1Western Sandpiper
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Eastern Kingbird
1American Crow
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow
2House Finch
2Brown-headed Cowbird
1Blue Grosbeak

May 12

2Glossy Ibis
1Green Heron
1Orchard Oriole
2Wilson's Plover
1Solitary Sandpiper
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Seaside Sparrow
1Northern Yellow Warbler

May 10

2Canada Goose
1Tufted Titmouse

May 9

1Common Tern
1Little Blue Heron
2House Sparrow
1Marbled Godwit
1Baltimore Oriole