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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 1

2Mourning Dove
2Clapper Rail
6American Oystercatcher
3Black-bellied Plover
5Wilson's Plover
1Whimbrel
10Willet
10Laughing Gull
2Ring-billed Gull
2Black Skimmer
100Least Tern
3Common Tern
1Sandwich Tern
1Great Blue Heron
5Brown Pelican
1Osprey
2Fish Crow
3Barn Swallow
3European Starling
2Northern Mockingbird
10Boat-tailed Grackle
1Northern Cardinal

April 30

1Killdeer
1Semipalmated Plover
1Short-billed Dowitcher
2Sanderling
50American Herring Gull
10Forster's Tern
30Royal Tern
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Great Egret
3Turkey Vulture
1Cooper's Hawk
2Purple Martin
1Carolina Wren
1Brown Thrasher
10House Finch
5Red-winged Blackbird

April 29

1Canada Goose
3Mallard
3Greater Yellowlegs
16Dunlin
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Great Black-backed Gull
8Lesser Black-backed Gull
1Little Blue Heron
1Green Heron
2Marsh Wren
1American Robin
5House Sparrow
2Savannah Sparrow

April 28

2Piping Plover
3Ruddy Turnstone
2Tricolored Heron
2Snowy Egret
2Red-breasted Merganser
7Least Sandpiper
1Bonaparte's Gull
2Gull-billed Tern
4American Crow
100White Ibis
1Common Yellowthroat

April 26

1Common Loon
3Seaside Sparrow
2Common Grackle

April 25

1Red Knot
2Caspian Tern
1Northern Gannet
2Rock Pigeon
2Lesser Yellowlegs
8Western Sandpiper
2Red-throated Loon
22Glossy Ibis
1Peregrine Falcon