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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 Fort Fisher--Federal Point/The Rocks

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

January 26

22American Oystercatcher
1Black-bellied Plover
5Semipalmated Plover
17Marbled Godwit
34Short-billed Dowitcher
5Willet
2Ruddy Turnstone
1Sanderling
175Dunlin
2Least Sandpiper
1Western Sandpiper
75Bonaparte's Gull
30Laughing Gull
17Ring-billed Gull
18American Herring Gull
45Forster's Tern
40Double-crested Cormorant
30Brown Pelican
35Boat-tailed Grackle
1Palm Warbler
1Bufflehead
2Hooded Merganser
3Mourning Dove
3White Ibis
1Tricolored Heron
2Great Egret
1Turkey Vulture
4American Crow
300Tree Swallow
4European Starling
1Northern Mockingbird
3House Finch
3Song Sparrow

January 23

2Red-breasted Merganser
10Yellow-rumped Warbler

January 21

1Snowy Egret
1Carolina Wren
1Great Blue Heron
1Downy Woodpecker
1Winter Wren
5Gray Catbird
100American Robin
5Cedar Waxwing
1White-throated Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
2Red-winged Blackbird
1Common Yellowthroat

January 20

1Great Black-backed Gull