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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 Cape Hatteras NS--Ramp 43-44 (Ponds & Beach)

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

April 21

3Canada Goose
1Killdeer
2Greater Yellowlegs
2Least Tern
1White Ibis
1Glossy Ibis
4Turkey Vulture
1Northern Shoveler
1American Wigeon
12American Black Duck
1Mourning Dove
1King Rail
2American Oystercatcher
12Black-bellied Plover
1Piping Plover
10Short-billed Dowitcher
18Sanderling
35Laughing Gull
4Ring-billed Gull
10American Herring Gull
12Common Tern
150Sandwich Tern
200Royal Tern
8Northern Gannet
1Double-crested Cormorant
2Great Egret
8Brown Pelican
2Osprey
2Barn Swallow
2Northern Mockingbird
4Eastern Meadowlark
13Red-winged Blackbird
6Boat-tailed Grackle

April 20

12Willet
1Great Black-backed Gull
2Black Skimmer
2Forster's Tern
1Snowy Egret