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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 Mason Inlet Waterbird Management Area

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

January 10

8Black Scoter
1American Oystercatcher
3Black-bellied Plover
1Killdeer
45Semipalmated Plover
15Willet
7Ruddy Turnstone
35Sanderling
340Dunlin
4Bonaparte's Gull
350Laughing Gull
200Ring-billed Gull
100American Herring Gull
40Great Black-backed Gull
77Lesser Black-backed Gull
1Iceland Gull
3Black Skimmer
43Forster's Tern
4Red-throated Loon
1Pacific Loon
57Common Loon
40Northern Gannet
1Great Cormorant
400Double-crested Cormorant
22White Ibis
1Great Egret
150Brown Pelican
1Osprey
3Northern Mockingbird

January 9

2Mourning Dove
2Short-billed Dowitcher
1Royal Tern
1Greater Yellowlegs
2Least Sandpiper
2House Sparrow
1House Finch
1Yellow-rumped Warbler

January 8

3Surf Scoter
1White-winged Scoter
4Red-breasted Merganser
7Red Knot
3Western Sandpiper
2Tricolored Heron
3Great Blue Heron
4Boat-tailed Grackle
1Piping Plover
1Snowy Egret
2Turkey Vulture
3American Crow
1Carolina Wren
6European Starling
4Seaside Sparrow
3Nelson's Sparrow
1Saltmarsh Sparrow
1Northern Cardinal
1Little Blue Heron
1Gray Catbird
2American Robin
2American Pipit
11Savannah Sparrow
3Red-winged Blackbird

January 5

2Song Sparrow

January 4

1Pied-billed Grebe
1American Bittern
1Cooper's Hawk
1American Kestrel