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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.

June 29

8Mourning Dove
5Clapper Rail
6American Oystercatcher
2Black-bellied Plover
8Wilson's Plover
12Willet
40Laughing Gull
2Ring-billed Gull
6Great Black-backed Gull
2Black Skimmer
80Least Tern
3Forster's Tern
6Common Tern
5Sandwich Tern
40Royal Tern
2Tricolored Heron
3Green Heron
4Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
9Brown Pelican
6Osprey
1Cooper's Hawk
15Purple Martin
3Barn Swallow
1Carolina Wren
1European Starling
3Northern Mockingbird
6House Sparrow
1House Finch
5Red-winged Blackbird
3Boat-tailed Grackle

June 28

1Double-crested Cormorant
2Mississippi Kite
1Gull-billed Tern
1Fish Crow

June 26

2Killdeer
2Ruddy Turnstone
1Turkey Vulture
2Common Grackle

June 25

2Common Nighthawk