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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.

May 18

2Canada Goose
2Clapper Rail
4American Oystercatcher
1Killdeer
2Semipalmated Plover
4Wilson's Plover
1Hudsonian Whimbrel
7Willet
5Sanderling
15Dunlin
12Laughing Gull
2Black Skimmer
150Least Tern
2Common Tern
11Double-crested Cormorant
1Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
7Brown Pelican
1Osprey
2Barn Swallow
1Carolina Wren
2Northern Mockingbird
1Red-winged Blackbird
5Boat-tailed Grackle

May 17

1Black-bellied Plover
17Mourning Dove
2Semipalmated Sandpiper
11Ring-billed Gull
1American Herring Gull
1Gull-billed Tern
2Caspian Tern
2Forster's Tern
4Royal Tern
3Green Heron
1Turkey Vulture
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1American Crow
3Fish Crow
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow
XHouse Sparrow
3House Finch
2Nelson's Sparrow
18Common Grackle
1Northern Cardinal
1Wood Duck
1Mallard
4Ruddy Turnstone
8Least Sandpiper
1Bonaparte's Gull
4Sandwich Tern
1Little Blue Heron
2Tricolored Heron
1Common Yellowthroat
4Great Black-backed Gull
1Lesser Black-backed Gull

May 16

4Short-billed Dowitcher
2Red-breasted Merganser
10Long-billed Dowitcher
4Greater Yellowlegs
4Red Knot
2Snowy Egret
1Purple Martin
1Brown Thrasher

May 14

1Red-tailed Hawk