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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 Kiawah Island--East Beach

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

February 6

1Lesser Scaup
24Black Scoter
31Hooded Merganser
2Red-breasted Merganser
7Black-bellied Plover
7Killdeer
399Semipalmated Plover
3Piping Plover
1Marbled Godwit
16Short-billed Dowitcher
9Willet
1Greater Yellowlegs
2Ruddy Turnstone
78Red Knot
96Sanderling
1196Dunlin
16Least Sandpiper
10Western Sandpiper
131Ring-billed Gull
5American Herring Gull
36Black Skimmer
2Caspian Tern
9Forster's Tern
2Royal Tern
1Pied-billed Grebe
59Double-crested Cormorant
2White Ibis
2Tricolored Heron
3Great Egret
3Great Blue Heron
69Brown Pelican
1Turkey Vulture
1Bald Eagle
1Western Kingbird
5Fish Crow
1Marsh Wren
14European Starling
2Savannah Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
12Red-winged Blackbird
1Boat-tailed Grackle

February 5

4American Oystercatcher
5Bonaparte's Gull
1Osprey
1Palm Warbler