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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 Fish Haul Beach Park

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

September 4

1Mourning Dove
1Clapper Rail
6Black-bellied Plover
18Semipalmated Plover
13Piping Plover
1Wilson's Plover
1Willet
6Sanderling
9Least Sandpiper
39Laughing Gull
42Black Skimmer
6Caspian Tern
4Forster's Tern
13Common Tern
15Sandwich Tern
66Royal Tern
25White Ibis
2Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
5Snowy Egret
5Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
180Brown Pelican
1Black Vulture
1Osprey
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Red-eyed Vireo
1American Crow
1Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
1Carolina Wren
1Brown Thrasher
2Northern Cardinal

September 1

4Ruddy Turnstone
5Least Tern
1Black Tern

August 31

1Long-billed Curlew
1Turkey Vulture
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1White-eyed Vireo
1Blue Jay
1Chipping Sparrow
1Indigo Bunting
1Killdeer
2Western Sandpiper
3Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
1Fish Crow
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1House Finch
2American Redstart
1Pine Warbler

August 29

3Boat-tailed Grackle
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Dunlin