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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.

May 25

4Mallard
2Mourning Dove
6American Oystercatcher
3Black-bellied Plover
1Killdeer
20Semipalmated Plover
10Wilson's Plover
3Hudsonian Whimbrel
1Short-billed Dowitcher
8Willet
2Ruddy Turnstone
3Sanderling
10Semipalmated Sandpiper
30Laughing Gull
10Ring-billed Gull
1Great Black-backed Gull
2Black Skimmer
500Least Tern
5Common Tern
15Royal Tern
5Tricolored Heron
2Snowy Egret
5Great Egret
4Great Blue Heron
5Osprey
2Barn Swallow
2Northern Mockingbird
1Nelson's Sparrow
2Red-winged Blackbird
30Boat-tailed Grackle
1Clapper Rail
9American Herring Gull
2Green Heron
4Brown Pelican
3Great Crested Flycatcher
1Fish Crow
1Brown Thrasher
2House Sparrow
5House Finch
1Lesser Yellowlegs
2White-rumped Sandpiper
8Caspian Tern
1Forster's Tern
2Sandwich Tern
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Eastern Towhee

May 22

2Canada Goose
2American Black Duck
2Common Grackle

May 20

XRed-breasted Merganser
XPiping Plover
XLong-billed Dowitcher
XGreater Yellowlegs
XRed Knot
XDunlin
XLeast Sandpiper
XLesser Black-backed Gull
XGull-billed Tern
XLittle Blue Heron
XSeaside Sparrow