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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 Cherry Grove/Hog Inlet

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

May 12

XRock Pigeon
1Black-bellied Plover
70Semipalmated Plover
3Ruddy Turnstone
7Sanderling
60Dunlin
55Semipalmated Sandpiper
25Laughing Gull
1Ring-billed Gull
6Least Tern
2Sandwich Tern
3Double-crested Cormorant
20Brown Pelican
2Fish Crow
1Purple Martin
2Northern Mockingbird
6House Sparrow
15Boat-tailed Grackle

May 11

3Piping Plover
3Black Skimmer
80Royal Tern
1Snowy Egret
2Barn Swallow

May 10

2Mourning Dove
1Hudsonian Whimbrel
XShort-billed Dowitcher
1Willet
2Caspian Tern
1Forster's Tern
1Great Blue Heron
2Osprey
1Red-tailed Hawk
2American Crow
6Common Grackle
1Northern Cardinal