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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.

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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.

July 29

2Mississippi Kite
2Mourning Dove
3American Oystercatcher
45Semipalmated Plover
2Short-billed Dowitcher
1Lesser Yellowlegs
5Willet
2Sanderling
17Least Sandpiper
4Semipalmated Sandpiper
62Laughing Gull
4Ring-billed Gull
4Common Tern
5Sandwich Tern
13Royal Tern
14White Ibis
1Tricolored Heron
5Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
5Brown Pelican
2Osprey
1Fish Crow
6Barn Swallow
2Northern Mockingbird
1House Sparrow
1Seaside Sparrow
6Boat-tailed Grackle

July 28

1Clapper Rail
2Black-bellied Plover
5Wilson's Plover
1Solitary Sandpiper
1Western Sandpiper
2Lesser Black-backed Gull
3Black Skimmer
2Black Tern
1Green Heron
2Red-winged Blackbird

July 27

1Common Nighthawk
1Piping Plover
1Hudsonian Whimbrel
1Greater Yellowlegs
3Ruddy Turnstone
4Least Tern
1Snowy Egret
2American Crow
8Purple Martin
2House Finch
1Painted Bunting

July 25

3Spotted Sandpiper
1Stilt Sandpiper
1Caspian Tern
1Forster's Tern
2Double-crested Cormorant
1Cooper's Hawk
2Carolina Wren
1Brown-headed Cowbird
2Northern Cardinal