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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 Fort Fisher SRA

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

December 24

5Surf Scoter
11Black Scoter
2Bufflehead
10Hooded Merganser
3Red-breasted Merganser
9Ruddy Duck
1Rock Pigeon
1White-winged Dove
2Mourning Dove
5Clapper Rail
28American Oystercatcher
2Black-bellied Plover
3Killdeer
6Marbled Godwit
6Short-billed Dowitcher
13Willet
350Dunlin
15Western Sandpiper
4Laughing Gull
275Ring-billed Gull
235American Herring Gull
3Great Black-backed Gull
22Forster's Tern
2Royal Tern
2Horned Grebe
17Red-throated Loon
1Common Loon
4Northern Gannet
400Double-crested Cormorant
2Tricolored Heron
3Snowy Egret
6Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
227Brown Pelican
2Turkey Vulture
1Cooper's Hawk
1Northern Harrier
1Red-tailed Hawk
6Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
4Northern Flicker
1Eastern Phoebe
2Blue-headed Vireo
2American Crow
8Carolina Chickadee
8Tufted Titmouse
24Tree Swallow
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2Northern House Wren
2Sedge Wren
3Carolina Wren
13Gray Catbird
1Brown Thrasher
8Northern Mockingbird
12Eastern Bluebird
1Hermit Thrush
77American Robin
8Cedar Waxwing
16House Finch
1Purple Finch
2American Goldfinch
3Chipping Sparrow
26White-throated Sparrow
16Savannah Sparrow
12Song Sparrow
3Swamp Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
1Common Grackle
11Boat-tailed Grackle
1Orange-crowned Warbler
3Palm Warbler
1Pine Warbler
175Yellow-rumped Warbler
5Northern Cardinal

December 21

6Sanderling