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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.

September 16

3Black-bellied Plover
10Semipalmated Plover
1Short-billed Dowitcher
1Willet
10Sanderling
1000Laughing Gull
200Ring-billed Gull
200American Herring Gull
200Great Black-backed Gull
30Black Skimmer
10Caspian Tern
20Forster's Tern
10Common Tern
5Sandwich Tern
30Royal Tern
7White Ibis
1Great Egret
1Brown Pelican
1Osprey
1Cooper's Hawk
1Northern Mockingbird

September 15

1Mourning Dove
1Hudsonian Whimbrel
2Ruddy Turnstone
3Least Sandpiper
3Lesser Black-backed Gull
1Double-crested Cormorant
2Tricolored Heron
2Snowy Egret
2Great Blue Heron
10House Sparrow
1Seaside Sparrow
2Northern Cardinal

September 13

3Black Tern
5Roseate Tern

September 11

12Blue-winged Teal
1Greater Yellowlegs
2Stilt Sandpiper
1Pectoral Sandpiper
3Western Sandpiper
12Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Carolina Wren
3Clapper Rail
2American Oystercatcher
1Piping Plover
1Spotted Sandpiper
5Lesser Yellowlegs
2White-rumped Sandpiper
2Turkey Vulture
3American Crow

September 10

1Wilson's Plover
1Fish Crow
5Boat-tailed Grackle
1Wilson's Phalarope
1Carolina Chickadee
1Brown Thrasher