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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.

June 1

4American Oystercatcher
1Wilson's Plover
1Willet
3Laughing Gull
1Ring-billed Gull
165Least Tern
6Common Tern
3Royal Tern
1Green Heron
1Great Blue Heron
18Brown Pelican
1Barn Swallow
2Northern Mockingbird
1Common Grackle
2Clapper Rail
4Semipalmated Plover
1Ruddy Turnstone
9Semipalmated Sandpiper
6Great Egret
2Boat-tailed Grackle

May 31

2Mourning Dove
20Sanderling
2American Herring Gull
1Sandwich Tern
2Double-crested Cormorant
1Tricolored Heron
1Osprey
1Red-winged Blackbird

May 30

3Killdeer
1Fish Crow
XHouse Sparrow
2House Finch

May 29

2Red-breasted Merganser
2Rock Pigeon
4Black-bellied Plover
2Red Knot
10Least Sandpiper
4Black Skimmer
1Gull-billed Tern
1Caspian Tern
1Brown Thrasher