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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 Sunset Beach

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

May 15

2Mourning Dove
1Forster's Tern
1Anhinga
1Little Blue Heron
1Snowy Egret
1Green Heron
1Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
2Osprey
1Blue Jay
1Fish Crow
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow
3Barn Swallow
3Red-winged Blackbird
14Boat-tailed Grackle

May 14

XSemipalmated Plover
1Piping Plover
4Willet
XSanderling
3Semipalmated Sandpiper
XBrown Pelican
1Great Crested Flycatcher
7Purple Martin
4Painted Bunting

May 13

4Red-breasted Merganser
1American Oystercatcher
21Black-bellied Plover
1Killdeer
4Wilson's Plover
45Hudsonian Whimbrel
36Short-billed Dowitcher
1Greater Yellowlegs
6Ruddy Turnstone
23Red Knot
150Dunlin
37Western Sandpiper
6Laughing Gull
1Ring-billed Gull
6Black Skimmer
23Least Tern
1Common Tern
4Sandwich Tern
28Royal Tern
7Double-crested Cormorant
1Turkey Vulture
3Northern Mockingbird
7House Sparrow
3House Finch
7Rock Pigeon
1Common Loon

May 10

1Clapper Rail
1Common Gallinule
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Tricolored Heron
1Eastern Kingbird
2European Starling
1Orchard Oriole
1Common Grackle
1Northern Cardinal

May 9

2Wood Stork
5Roseate Spoonbill
1Bald Eagle
1Tufted Titmouse