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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.

November 20

100Semipalmated Plover
3Piping Plover
4Willet
6Ruddy Turnstone
20Western Sandpiper
4Laughing Gull
3Ring-billed Gull
10American Herring Gull
4Great Black-backed Gull
500Black Skimmer
10Forster's Tern
2Common Loon
4Double-crested Cormorant
6White Ibis
1Tricolored Heron
1Great Egret
15Brown Pelican
3Osprey
1Northern Mockingbird
3Red-breasted Merganser
1Mourning Dove
2Short-billed Dowitcher
19Sanderling
250Dunlin
1Bonaparte's Gull
24Lesser Black-backed Gull
5Sandwich Tern
2Royal Tern
14Northern Gannet
2Great Blue Heron
10American White Pelican
1Bald Eagle
8Boat-tailed Grackle
1Least Sandpiper
8Little Blue Heron
1Snowy Egret
2American Crow
10House Sparrow

November 17

5Hooded Merganser
2Rock Pigeon
1Killdeer
1Caspian Tern
1Pied-billed Grebe
3Turkey Vulture
1Northern Harrier
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Northern House Wren
1Carolina Wren
12House Finch
5White-throated Sparrow
3Nelson's Sparrow
7Savannah Sparrow
4Song Sparrow
1Yellow-rumped Warbler

November 16

3Black-bellied Plover
17Black Scoter