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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 Fort Fisher--Federal Point/The Rocks

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

May 7

2Mourning Dove
2Clapper Rail
2American Oystercatcher
1Killdeer
3Semipalmated Plover
1Hudsonian Whimbrel
1Spotted Sandpiper
2Willet
1Ruddy Turnstone
3Semipalmated Sandpiper
5Laughing Gull
1American Herring Gull
2Sandwich Tern
3Royal Tern
1Snowy Egret
1Great Egret
4Brown Pelican
1Turkey Vulture
1Barn Swallow
1Northern Mockingbird
1Red-winged Blackbird
1Northern Cardinal

May 6

1Black-bellied Plover
1Dunlin
1Least Sandpiper
1Forster's Tern
1White Ibis
1Carolina Chickadee
1Marsh Wren
1Carolina Wren
4Boat-tailed Grackle

May 5

1Greater Yellowlegs
7Sanderling
9Common Tern
3Double-crested Cormorant
1Great Blue Heron
1Fish Crow
1Brown-headed Nuthatch

May 4

2Black Skimmer
1Tricolored Heron
1Ring-billed Gull
1Osprey

May 3

1Little Blue Heron
3Least Tern
1Eastern Kingbird
2Painted Bunting

May 2

2Great Black-backed Gull