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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 Huntington Beach SP--North Beach

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

April 3

2Willet
12Sanderling
16Laughing Gull
8Least Tern
1Gull-billed Tern
1Forster's Tern
12Royal Tern
1Northern Gannet
5Double-crested Cormorant
7Brown Pelican
1Semipalmated Plover
4Wilson's Plover
6Bonaparte's Gull
1Ring-billed Gull
1Anhinga
1Barn Swallow
1White-throated Sparrow

April 2

1Killdeer
4Greater Yellowlegs
5Dunlin
2American Herring Gull
1Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
8Snowy Egret
19Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
7Osprey
8American Crow
2European Starling
6Boat-tailed Grackle

April 1

36Ruddy Turnstone
1Carolina Wren
1Brown Thrasher
2Northern Mockingbird

March 31

1Red-breasted Merganser
1Clapper Rail
1Black-bellied Plover
2Red-throated Loon
2Common Loon
5Tree Swallow
2Savannah Sparrow
1Caspian Tern
2Common Tern

March 30

1Piping Plover