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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.

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Recent reports from Cape Hatteras NS--Cape Point

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

May 28

22Canada Goose
18American Black Duck
6Mourning Dove
10Common Nighthawk
1King Rail
2American Oystercatcher
3Black-bellied Plover
5Killdeer
28Semipalmated Plover
5Short-billed Dowitcher
4Willet
20Ruddy Turnstone
45Sanderling
12Dunlin
1White-rumped Sandpiper
205Semipalmated Sandpiper
35Laughing Gull
2Ring-billed Gull
4American Herring Gull
8Great Black-backed Gull
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
45Least Tern
3Common Tern
5Sandwich Tern
20Royal Tern
2Double-crested Cormorant
2Great Egret
1Bank Swallow
20Barn Swallow
1Cliff Swallow
1Carolina Wren
1Brown Thrasher
2Northern Mockingbird
2Eastern Towhee
1Eastern Meadowlark
8Red-winged Blackbird
10Common Grackle
1Boat-tailed Grackle
3Common Yellowthroat
1Northern Cardinal
1Blue Grosbeak

May 27

1Lesser Yellowlegs
2Red Knot
2Gull-billed Tern
1Black Tern
2Roseate Tern
2White Ibis
2Glossy Ibis
12Brown Pelican
11Turkey Vulture
3Osprey
1Bald Eagle
9Purple Martin
3European Starling
2Brown-headed Cowbird

May 26

1Black Skimmer
1Gray Catbird

May 25

1Blue-winged Teal
5Black-necked Stilt
1Red-necked Phalarope
2Least Sandpiper
1Wilson's Storm-Petrel

May 23

1Spotted Sandpiper
1Parasitic Jaeger
2Sooty Shearwater