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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 Hatteras Point

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

May 1

4Mourning Dove
1American Oystercatcher
2Willet
1Greater Yellowlegs
25Sanderling
35Laughing Gull
5American Herring Gull
2Great Black-backed Gull
2Black Skimmer
12Least Tern
4Sandwich Tern
15Royal Tern
4Common Loon
15White Ibis
2Brown Pelican
1Osprey
1Warbling Vireo
3Barn Swallow
1Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
1Brown Thrasher
2Eastern Towhee
5Red-winged Blackbird
1Boat-tailed Grackle

April 30

12Black-bellied Plover
10Dunlin
1Ring-billed Gull
2Gull-billed Tern
15Common Tern
3Northern Gannet
2Glossy Ibis
5Tricolored Heron
2Great Egret
2Song Sparrow

April 29

1Black Scoter
1Common Nighthawk
1Whimbrel
4Parasitic Jaeger
4Forster's Tern
1Wilson's Storm-Petrel
1Fish Crow
1Hooded Warbler

April 28

1Heermann's Gull
2Lesser Black-backed Gull
2Roseate Tern

April 27

2Double-crested Cormorant
4Purple Martin
1Chipping Sparrow
2Brown-headed Cowbird
2Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Indigo Bunting
1Turkey Vulture

April 26

3Canada Goose
25Surf Scoter
1White-winged Scoter
1Red Knot
1Great Blue Heron
1Red-eyed Vireo
1Black-whiskered Vireo
1Bobolink