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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 Huntington Beach SP--North Beach

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

November 3

11Black Scoter ✓
1Hooded Merganser ✓
5Mourning Dove ✓
5Ruddy Turnstone ✓
1Sanderling ✓
3Laughing Gull ✓
1Ring-billed Gull ✓
15Forster's Tern ✓
4Royal Tern ✓
5Northern Gannet ✓
31Double-crested Cormorant ✓
7Great Egret ✓
3Great Blue Heron ✓
11Brown Pelican ✓
2Osprey ✓
1Bald Eagle ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Carolina Wren ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
2White-throated Sparrow ✓
5Saltmarsh Sparrow ✓
2Savannah Sparrow ✓
1Song Sparrow ✓
1Eastern Towhee ✓
5Red-winged Blackbird ✓
5Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
2Northern Cardinal ✓

November 1

1Lesser Scaup ✓
1Clapper Rail ✓
1American Oystercatcher ✓
4Black-bellied Plover ✓
2Semipalmated Plover ✓
3Prairie Willet ✓
3Red Knot ✓
150Dunlin ✓
2Least Sandpiper ✓
9American Herring Gull ✓
2Great Black-backed Gull ✓
1Caspian Tern ✓
6Sandwich Tern ✓
1Common Loon ✓
3Wood Stork ✓
1Snowy Egret ✓
1000Tree Swallow ✓
1Seaside Sparrow ✓