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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.

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Recent reports from Fish Haul Beach Park

Only the most recent report per species is shown. Some reports may be pending verification.

May 15

1Chimney Swift
3Black-bellied Plover
50Semipalmated Plover
1Piping Plover
1Hudsonian Whimbrel
12Ruddy Turnstone
200Sanderling
5Dunlin
25Least Sandpiper
2Laughing Gull
125Black Skimmer
20Royal Tern
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Tricolored Heron
4Snowy Egret
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1White-eyed Vireo
1American Crow
4Fish Crow
5Barn Swallow
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Northern Parula
2Northern Cardinal
1Painted Bunting

May 14

XClapper Rail
XWillet
XBrown Pelican
XOsprey
2Mississippi Kite
XGreat Crested Flycatcher
XRed-eyed Vireo
XBlue Jay
XCarolina Chickadee
XTufted Titmouse
XCarolina Wren
XEastern Bluebird
XCedar Waxwing
XRed-winged Blackbird

May 13

XTurkey Vulture
6Red Knot
XNorthern Mockingbird
1Solitary Sandpiper
2Ring-billed Gull
2Boat-tailed Grackle

May 12

XAmerican Goldfinch
1Pine Warbler

May 11

3Mourning Dove
1Anhinga
6White Ibis
1Black-crowned Night Heron
2Little Blue Heron
1Great Egret
3Great Blue Heron
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Pileated Woodpecker
3Eastern Kingbird
4House Finch
4Brown-headed Cowbird
1Yellow-throated Warbler

May 10

2Western Sandpiper
3Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Least Tern
1Caspian Tern
1Sandwich Tern
1Bald Eagle
2Spotted Sandpiper
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
1American Redstart

May 9

1Wood Duck
XBlack-necked Stilt
XShort-billed Dowitcher
XTree Swallow
XGray Catbird
1Brown Thrasher
2Bobolink
XBlack-and-white Warbler
1Common Yellowthroat
1Northern Yellow Warbler
1Indigo Bunting