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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 Fort Fisher SRA--Basin Trail and Aquarium Pond

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

April 30

12Clapper Rail
1Killdeer
12Short-billed Dowitcher
2Lesser Yellowlegs
1Willet
4Greater Yellowlegs
10Dunlin
2Least Sandpiper
35Laughing Gull
3American Herring Gull
6Black Skimmer
2Gull-billed Tern
4Sandwich Tern
14Royal Tern
8White Ibis
2Black-crowned Night Heron
5Tricolored Heron
2Snowy Egret
7Great Egret
7Brown Pelican
1Cooper's Hawk
2Great Crested Flycatcher
3Blue Jay
5Barn Swallow
4Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
18Red-winged Blackbird
2Common Grackle
12Boat-tailed Grackle
7Northern Cardinal
5Painted Bunting
2Mourning Dove
1Little Blue Heron
1Turkey Vulture
1Eastern Kingbird
1Tufted Titmouse
2House Finch
1Common Yellowthroat
1Scarlet Tanager
1Blue Grosbeak

April 29

8Whimbrel
2Least Tern
1Forster's Tern
1Glossy Ibis
2Great Blue Heron
1Osprey
1Northern Harrier
2Fish Crow
1Indigo Bunting

April 27

1Black-bellied Plover
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Carolina Chickadee

April 26

1Mottled Duck
1Sora
1Common Tern
1Green Heron
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1Saltmarsh Sparrow
2Savannah Sparrow
1Rock Pigeon
25Sanderling
4Ring-billed Gull
1Red-tailed Hawk
2Marbled Godwit
7Double-crested Cormorant
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Gray Catbird
1Eastern Bluebird
1Chipping Sparrow

April 25

7American Oystercatcher
1Red-breasted Merganser
2Virginia Rail
1Great Black-backed Gull
1White-eyed Vireo
2American Crow
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
8European Starling
1Brown Thrasher
4White-throated Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
1Orchard Oriole
1Nelson's Sparrow