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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/Jetty/Dunes Trail

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

March 21

1Piping Plover
30Sanderling
90Bonaparte's Gull
8Laughing Gull
35Ring-billed Gull
7Forster's Tern
1Common Loon
2Northern Gannet
3Double-crested Cormorant
70Brown Pelican
1Blue Jay
2Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
20Cedar Waxwing
2White-throated Sparrow
2Pine Warbler
8Yellow-rumped Warbler
2Northern Cardinal

March 19

1Black-bellied Plover
2Killdeer
3Greater Yellowlegs
1Ruddy Turnstone
1Least Sandpiper
3Horned Grebe
1Red-throated Loon
1Anhinga
1Chipping Sparrow
1Common Eider
1Wilson's Plover
3Royal Tern
12Red-breasted Merganser
1Parasitic Jaeger
1Fish Crow
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2House Finch

March 18

1White-winged Scoter
11Black Scoter
1Lesser Yellowlegs
12Savannah Sparrow
4Mourning Dove
2Snowy Egret
1Great Egret
9Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Downy Woodpecker
2American Crow
2Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
2Brown Creeper
1Brown Thrasher
2Eastern Bluebird
1Eastern Towhee
10Red-winged Blackbird
3Black-and-white Warbler

March 17

12Canada Goose
2Mallard
1Clapper Rail
3Semipalmated Plover
3Willet
1Great Blue Heron
2Turkey Vulture
1American Goldfinch
3Song Sparrow
5Short-billed Dowitcher
400Dunlin
3Western Sandpiper
2American Herring Gull
1Black Skimmer
2Tricolored Heron
2Osprey
2Bald Eagle