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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.

April 14

4Mourning Dove
2Chimney Swift
1Clapper Rail
6American Oystercatcher
1Black-bellied Plover
7Wilson's Plover
14Short-billed Dowitcher
2Willet
1Greater Yellowlegs
3Laughing Gull
2Great Black-backed Gull
23Black Skimmer
50Least Tern
2Common Tern
5Royal Tern
1Common Loon
43Double-crested Cormorant
1Tricolored Heron
2Great Egret
31Brown Pelican
3Osprey
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
3Fish Crow
3Barn Swallow
2Northern Mockingbird
2House Sparrow
9Boat-tailed Grackle
2Mallard
8Red-breasted Merganser
15Semipalmated Plover
4Least Sandpiper
1Forster's Tern
2White Ibis
1Great Blue Heron
1European Starling
1Savannah Sparrow
1Red-winged Blackbird
1Northern Cardinal

April 13

15Sanderling
75Dunlin
2Bonaparte's Gull
15Ring-billed Gull
12American Herring Gull
4Sandwich Tern
1Killdeer
1Hudsonian Whimbrel
1American Crow
1Brown Thrasher
2House Finch
1Common Grackle
1Canada Goose
2Long-billed Dowitcher
2Ruddy Turnstone
2Green Heron
1Turkey Vulture
1Carolina Chickadee
1Carolina Wren
1Seaside Sparrow
2Nelson's Sparrow
2Saltmarsh Sparrow

April 12

20Lesser Black-backed Gull
2Gull-billed Tern
1Snowy Egret