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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 Oregon Inlet South Rock Jetty

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

October 21

4Black-bellied Plover
1Killdeer
1Semipalmated Plover
4Piping Plover
5Marbled Godwit
2Willet
2Ruddy Turnstone
10Sanderling
3Western Sandpiper
1Laughing Gull
1American Herring Gull
3Great Black-backed Gull
1Black Skimmer
3Forster's Tern
12Sandwich Tern
11Royal Tern
13White Ibis
3Brown Pelican
3Northern Mockingbird
2Savannah Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
3Eastern Meadowlark
2Red-winged Blackbird
8Boat-tailed Grackle
1Greater Yellowlegs
2Ring-billed Gull
1Great Blue Heron

October 20

4Canada Goose
8Lesser Black-backed Gull
4Caspian Tern
1Pied-billed Grebe
10Double-crested Cormorant
1Great Egret
2Turkey Vulture
20Barn Swallow
1Chipping Sparrow
1Dark-eyed Junco
1White-crowned Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
3Palm Warbler

October 19

1Cooper's Hawk
1Bald Eagle
2Dunlin
1Northern Harrier
2Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Mourning Dove

October 18

1Common Tern
1Osprey
1Gray Catbird
2Clay-colored Sparrow
1Clapper Rail
1Red Knot

October 16

1American Kestrel
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet

October 15

1Wilson's Snipe
1Belted Kingfisher
1Golden-crowned Kinglet
6European Starling
1Cape May Warbler