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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.

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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.

June 6

15Canada Goose
1King Rail
3American Oystercatcher
1Semipalmated Plover
1Piping Plover
1Willet
10Ruddy Turnstone
2Sanderling
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
25Laughing Gull
2Ring-billed Gull
7Great Black-backed Gull
20Least Tern
1Gull-billed Tern
2Common Tern
15Sandwich Tern
35Royal Tern
6Double-crested Cormorant
1Green Heron
2Great Egret
2Brown Pelican
2Turkey Vulture
3American Crow
2Purple Martin
2Barn Swallow
2Eastern Towhee
1Eastern Meadowlark
2Red-winged Blackbird
1Common Yellowthroat

June 5

1Mourning Dove
2Killdeer
1Bald Eagle
1Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird

June 3

3Common Nighthawk
6Hudsonian Whimbrel
2Boat-tailed Grackle
1Northern Cardinal
1Blue-winged Teal
1Black-necked Stilt
3Black-bellied Plover
2Red Knot
2Snowy Egret
2Osprey

June 2

4American Black Duck
2Short-billed Dowitcher
1White-rumped Sandpiper
2American Herring Gull
1Eastern Kingbird