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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 25

22Canada Goose
13American Black Duck
2Mourning Dove
1King Rail
2Black-necked Stilt
3American Oystercatcher
1Black-bellied Plover
3Killdeer
4Semipalmated Plover
1Piping Plover
1Hudsonian Whimbrel
5Short-billed Dowitcher
8Willet
44Ruddy Turnstone
28Red Knot
32Sanderling
16Dunlin
175Semipalmated Sandpiper
8Laughing Gull
3Ring-billed Gull
2American Herring Gull
2Black Skimmer
60Least Tern
1Gull-billed Tern
1Black Tern
3Common Tern
68Royal Tern
3Double-crested Cormorant
3White Ibis
1Great Egret
2Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
3Barn Swallow
2Eastern Meadowlark
12Red-winged Blackbird
1Boat-tailed Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat
1Great Black-backed Gull
4Purple Martin
1Northern Mockingbird
1Blue Grosbeak

May 21

5Common Nighthawk
18Red-necked Phalarope
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Least Sandpiper
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
1Forster's Tern
1Sandwich Tern
1Sooty Shearwater
4Brown Pelican
2Carolina Wren
1Brown-headed Cowbird
2Northern Cardinal

May 20

1Bufflehead
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Caspian Tern
1Common Loon
4Wilson's Storm-Petrel
1Manx Shearwater
1Marsh Wren
1Common Grackle