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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.

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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.

November 1

28Marbled Godwit ✓
11Short-billed Dowitcher ✓
35Prairie Willet ✓
50Laughing Gull ✓
3American Herring Gull ✓
2Forster's Tern ✓
25Double-crested Cormorant ✓
1Tricolored Heron ✓
9Snowy Egret ✓
1Great Egret ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
1Brown Pelican ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
1Song Sparrow ✓
5Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
1Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓

October 31

1Semipalmated Plover ✓
1Ruddy Turnstone ✓
6White Ibis ✓
1American Black Duck ✓
7Mourning Dove ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Clapper Rail ✓
11American Oystercatcher ✓
2Black-bellied Plover ✓
4Dunlin ✓
2Least Sandpiper ✓
1Great Black-backed Gull ✓
2Lesser Black-backed Gull ✓
50Black Skimmer ✓
30Royal Tern ✓
1Black-crowned Night Heron ✓
1Little Blue Heron ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
3Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
11Northern Flicker ✓
1Merlin ✓
1Peregrine Falcon ✓
2Eastern Phoebe ✓
3American Crow ✓
15Carolina Chickadee ✓
6Tufted Titmouse ✓
4Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
2Northern House Wren ✓
7Carolina Wren ✓
10Gray Catbird ✓
5Northern Mockingbird ✓
2Eastern Bluebird ✓
1Hermit Thrush ✓
1American Robin ✓
15House Finch ✓
2Pine Siskin ✓
13American Goldfinch ✓
2Chipping Sparrow ✓
11White-throated Sparrow ✓
1Seaside Sparrow ✓
7Savannah Sparrow ✓
6Swamp Sparrow ✓
2Eastern Towhee ✓
8Red-winged Blackbird ✓
2Black-and-white Warbler ✓
2Common Yellowthroat ✓
3Northern Parula ✓
4Palm Warbler ✓
3Pine Warbler ✓
4Prairie Warbler ✓
8Northern Cardinal ✓
1Painted Bunting ✓