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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.

April 28

1American Oystercatcher
2Black-bellied Plover
3Short-billed Dowitcher
1Willet
2Bonaparte's Gull
2Laughing Gull
2Ring-billed Gull
1American Herring Gull
100Black Skimmer
30Least Tern
2Common Tern
2Sandwich Tern
50Royal Tern
2Double-crested Cormorant
2Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
4Brown Pelican
2Turkey Vulture
9Barn Swallow
1Northern Mockingbird
4Boat-tailed Grackle
5Canada Goose
2Mallard
6Red-breasted Merganser
2Mourning Dove
6Clapper Rail
98Semipalmated Plover
1Piping Plover
19Wilson's Plover
6Hudsonian Whimbrel
2Lesser Yellowlegs
6Greater Yellowlegs
9Ruddy Turnstone
41Sanderling
139Dunlin
22Least Sandpiper
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
2Great Black-backed Gull
256Lesser Black-backed Gull
24Forster's Tern
2Tricolored Heron
4Snowy Egret
1Osprey
1Blue Jay
2American Crow
2Purple Martin
2Brown Thrasher
4House Sparrow
2House Finch
2Savannah Sparrow
3Red-winged Blackbird
1Rusty Blackbird
4Northern Cardinal

April 27

3White Ibis
1Fish Crow

April 26

2Carolina Wren
1Saltmarsh Sparrow
2Common Grackle

April 24

1Rock Pigeon
1Seaside Sparrow
4King Rail
1Killdeer
1Long-billed Dowitcher
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Nelson's Sparrow

April 22

1Chipping Sparrow