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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.

August 26

4Mourning Dove
1Clapper Rail
13Black-bellied Plover
1Killdeer
100Semipalmated Plover
2Piping Plover
2Short-billed Dowitcher
2Spotted Sandpiper
6Ruddy Turnstone
5Sanderling
5Least Sandpiper
1Laughing Gull
2American Herring Gull
3Great Black-backed Gull
8Black Skimmer
1Caspian Tern
1Black Tern
3Forster's Tern
3Sandwich Tern
50Royal Tern
1Double-crested Cormorant
3Tricolored Heron
1Snowy Egret
1Green Heron
1Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
1Brown Pelican
1Osprey
2American Crow
3Barn Swallow
2Seaside Sparrow
1Boat-tailed Grackle
3American Oystercatcher
2Wilson's Plover
1Hudsonian Whimbrel
2Willet
2Semipalmated Sandpiper
4Ring-billed Gull
4Lesser Black-backed Gull
1Common Tern
9White Ibis
1Northern Mockingbird
1House Sparrow
1House Finch
1Northern Cardinal

August 22

2Least Tern

August 21

4Northern Rough-winged Swallow
3Red-winged Blackbird

August 20

2Roseate Tern
2Brown Thrasher