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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.

July 19

30Canada Goose
50Mourning Dove
2American Oystercatcher
1Black-bellied Plover
10Killdeer
3Semipalmated Plover
4Piping Plover
1Short-billed Dowitcher
16Spotted Sandpiper
12Lesser Yellowlegs
1Willet
1Greater Yellowlegs
2Stilt Sandpiper
20Sanderling
1White-rumped Sandpiper
60Least Sandpiper
5Pectoral Sandpiper
12Semipalmated Sandpiper
20Laughing Gull
8American Herring Gull
5Great Black-backed Gull
4Black Skimmer
8Least Tern
7Gull-billed Tern
6Forster's Tern
2Common Tern
4Sandwich Tern
15Royal Tern
2Great Blue Heron
2Brown Pelican
2Fish Crow
20Barn Swallow
1Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
2House Finch
2Eastern Meadowlark
20Red-winged Blackbird
2Brown-headed Cowbird
1Common Grackle
1Northern Cardinal