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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 Mason Inlet Waterbird Management Area

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

September 9

14Rock Pigeon
10Mourning Dove
11American Oystercatcher
42Black-bellied Plover
160Semipalmated Plover
1Wilson's Plover
1Hudsonian Whimbrel
45Short-billed Dowitcher
1Spotted Sandpiper
37Willet
1Greater Yellowlegs
9Ruddy Turnstone
55Sanderling
70Least Sandpiper
3Pectoral Sandpiper
8Western Sandpiper
33Semipalmated Sandpiper
350Laughing Gull
8Ring-billed Gull
17American Herring Gull
1Great Black-backed Gull
22Lesser Black-backed Gull
250Black Skimmer
26Caspian Tern
6Black Tern
42Common Tern
25Sandwich Tern
21Royal Tern
36White Ibis
8Tricolored Heron
3Snowy Egret
1Green Heron
16Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
12Brown Pelican
2Osprey
1Belted Kingfisher
1Merlin
1Carolina Chickadee
2Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
1House Sparrow
5Seaside Sparrow
1Boat-tailed Grackle
2Northern Cardinal
1Common Grackle

September 8

2Forster's Tern
1Roseate Tern
2Barn Swallow
1American Golden-Plover
1Piping Plover
2Double-crested Cormorant

September 7

3Blue-winged Teal
1Northern Yellow Warbler
2Least Tern

September 6

3Clapper Rail
1Killdeer
1Glossy Ibis
2Cooper's Hawk
1Pileated Woodpecker
2Blue Jay
8American Crow
2Common Yellowthroat
1Prairie Warbler
1Canada Goose
1Buff-breasted Sandpiper
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Gray Catbird