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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 31

1Black-bellied Plover
8Willet
7Ruddy Turnstone
10Sanderling
19Dunlin
5Bonaparte's Gull
25Laughing Gull
45Ring-billed Gull
35American Herring Gull
5Lesser Black-backed Gull
8Common Loon

January 29

8Hooded Merganser
2Killdeer
1Brown Pelican
1Gray Catbird
1House Sparrow

January 28

1Mourning Dove
1Greater Yellowlegs
4Great Black-backed Gull
1Black Skimmer
4Forster's Tern
1Royal Tern
4Northern Gannet
100Double-crested Cormorant
2White Ibis
5Tricolored Heron
2Great Egret
3Great Blue Heron
9Turkey Vulture
1Northern Harrier
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Eastern Phoebe
6American Crow
1Carolina Chickadee
1Northern House Wren
1Carolina Wren
2Brown Thrasher
2Northern Mockingbird
2Eastern Bluebird
3Savannah Sparrow
1Boat-tailed Grackle
3Yellow-rumped Warbler
2Northern Cardinal

January 27

XBufflehead
XShort-billed Dowitcher
3Parasitic Jaeger
2Horned Grebe
XRed-throated Loon

January 25

3Semipalmated Plover
3Least Sandpiper
1Western Sandpiper
1Glaucous Gull
2Snowy Egret