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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 23

XAmerican Oystercatcher
XBlack-bellied Plover
XSanderling
XLaughing Gull
XAmerican Herring Gull
3Double-crested Cormorant
3Hooded Merganser
4Red-breasted Merganser
4Semipalmated Plover
1Willet
2Ruddy Turnstone
2Dunlin
150Ring-billed Gull
7Lesser Black-backed Gull
200Black Skimmer
20Forster's Tern
2Royal Tern
2Common Loon
75Northern Gannet
2Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
90Brown Pelican
2Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
8House Sparrow
1White-throated Sparrow
5Boat-tailed Grackle
2Northern Cardinal

November 20

3Piping Plover
20Western Sandpiper
4Great Black-backed Gull
6White Ibis
1Tricolored Heron
3Osprey
1Mourning Dove
2Short-billed Dowitcher
1Bonaparte's Gull
5Sandwich Tern
10American White Pelican
1Bald Eagle
1Least Sandpiper
8Little Blue Heron
1Snowy Egret
2American Crow

November 17

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