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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--Cape Point

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

February 27

6Tundra Swan
20Black Scoter
4Willet
3Sanderling
6Razorbill
1Little Gull
600Bonaparte's Gull
6Laughing Gull
150Ring-billed Gull
200American Herring Gull
8Great Black-backed Gull
50Lesser Black-backed Gull
1California Gull
20Forster's Tern
6Royal Tern
1000Double-crested Cormorant
5Brown Pelican

February 26

5Canada Goose
10Gadwall
2Redhead
1Ring-necked Duck
2Black-bellied Plover
1American Herring x Lesser Black-backed Gull (hybrid)
1Iceland Gull
35Northern Gannet
2American Wigeon
2Mallard
5American Black Duck
4Northern Pintail
5Green-winged Teal
8Surf Scoter
1White-winged Scoter
6Red-breasted Merganser
1American Oystercatcher
5Killdeer
1Wilson's Snipe
7Red Knot
10Dunlin
5Horned Grebe
50Red-throated Loon
1Common Loon
5White Ibis
1Great Blue Heron
10Turkey Vulture
5American Robin
1Savannah Sparrow
3Eastern Meadowlark
3Red-winged Blackbird
6Boat-tailed Grackle
2Yellow-rumped Warbler

February 25

1American Coot
2Short-billed Dowitcher
1Glaucous Gull
1American Herring x Glaucous Gull (hybrid)
1Great Egret
1Snow Bunting

February 24

125Common Grackle
1Snow Goose
1Snowy Egret
1American Kestrel
4American Crow
1Lesser Scaup
1Thick-billed Murre

February 23

3Bufflehead
2Greater Yellowlegs
1Swamp Sparrow

February 22

10Cedar Waxwing