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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.

February 18

3Mourning Dove
3American Oystercatcher
8Black-bellied Plover
80Semipalmated Plover
1Piping Plover
70Short-billed Dowitcher
11Willet
8Ruddy Turnstone
18Sanderling
328Dunlin
8Least Sandpiper
28Bonaparte's Gull
250Laughing Gull
208Ring-billed Gull
80American Herring Gull
45Lesser Black-backed Gull
25Forster's Tern
1Northern Gannet
4Double-crested Cormorant
1Tricolored Heron
1Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
4Brown Pelican
1Carolina Wren
1Brown Thrasher
3Northern Mockingbird
7House Sparrow
2House Finch
2Savannah Sparrow
7Red-winged Blackbird
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Northern Cardinal

February 17

2Killdeer
5Great Black-backed Gull
11White Ibis
2Osprey
2Eastern Bluebird
2Boat-tailed Grackle

February 15

3Common Loon

February 14

2Fish Crow
6Hooded Merganser
1Black Scoter
1Red-breasted Merganser
1Western Sandpiper
2Red-throated Loon
1American Crow
2Mallard
3Rock Pigeon
1Royal Tern
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2White-throated Sparrow
2Nelson's Sparrow
3Saltmarsh Sparrow
1Song Sparrow