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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 Cape Hatteras NS--Salt Pond

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

May 1

10Canada Goose
2American Black Duck
1Redhead
2Black-bellied Plover
1Killdeer
115Short-billed Dowitcher
2Lesser Yellowlegs
8Willet
2Ruddy Turnstone
18Sanderling
2Dunlin
5Least Sandpiper
6Bonaparte's Gull
35Laughing Gull
7Ring-billed Gull
22American Herring Gull
5Great Black-backed Gull
28Least Tern
2Gull-billed Tern
15Forster's Tern
29Common Tern
15Sandwich Tern
75Royal Tern
8Double-crested Cormorant
5White Ibis
1Great Egret
4Brown Pelican
5Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
9Barn Swallow
1Northern Mockingbird
1Eastern Towhee
6Red-winged Blackbird
8Boat-tailed Grackle

April 26

2Blue-winged Teal
7Gadwall
2Mallard
2Green-winged Teal
1Black Scoter
2Mourning Dove
2American Oystercatcher
1Wilson's Plover
3Greater Yellowlegs
2Stilt Sandpiper
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
2Parasitic Jaeger
40Lesser Black-backed Gull
2Black Skimmer
2Black Tern
2Roseate Tern
22Common Loon
1Northern Gannet
2Glossy Ibis
2Great Blue Heron
1Cooper's Hawk
1American Crow
8Savannah Sparrow
12Common Grackle