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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.

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Recent reports from Kiawah Island--Captain Sams Spit

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

March 14

2Piping Plover
1Marbled Godwit
2Short-billed Dowitcher
6Willet
3Ruddy Turnstone
250Red Knot
30Sanderling
20Dunlin
10Bonaparte's Gull
9Laughing Gull
11Ring-billed Gull
3American Herring Gull
200Black Skimmer
2Forster's Tern
1Royal Tern
15Double-crested Cormorant
1Snowy Egret
90Brown Pelican
1Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
1Pine Warbler
2Northern Cardinal

March 13

5American Oystercatcher
12Black-bellied Plover
110Semipalmated Plover
4Wilson's Plover
12Least Sandpiper
20Western Sandpiper
1Least Tern
1Common Loon
1Osprey
1Bald Eagle
4American Crow
3Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1Northern Mockingbird
2House Finch
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
29Bufflehead
1Lesser Black-backed Gull

March 11

1Greater Yellowlegs
3Turkey Vulture
3Fish Crow
1Palm Warbler

March 10

1Long-billed Curlew
1Little Blue Heron
1Great Egret