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The Carolina Bird Club is a non-profit organization that represents and supports the birding community in the Carolinas through its website, publications, meetings, workshops, trips, and partnerships, whose mission is


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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.

The Club publishes two print publications (now also available online). The Chat is a quarterly ornithological journal that contains scientific articles, reports of bird records committees and bird counts, and general field notes on bird sightings. CBC Newsletter is published bimonthly and includes birding articles and information about meetings, field trips, and Club news.

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Recent reports from Fort Fisher--Ferry Parking and Trail

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

October 21

4Mourning Dove
1Clapper Rail
12Laughing Gull
3Ring-billed Gull
1American Herring Gull
3Royal Tern
4Brown Pelican
3Turkey Vulture
3Eastern Phoebe
3American Crow
2Northern Mockingbird
3House Finch
2Clay-colored Sparrow
1Lark Sparrow
1White-crowned Sparrow
35Savannah Sparrow
2Song Sparrow

October 19

8American Oystercatcher
2Semipalmated Plover
45Short-billed Dowitcher
2Willet
12Least Sandpiper
1Great Black-backed Gull
2Forster's Tern
14Double-crested Cormorant
7White Ibis
1Snowy Egret
1Cooper's Hawk
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Downy Woodpecker
2Northern Flicker
5Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
6Tree Swallow
2Northern House Wren
4Carolina Wren
3Gray Catbird
1Eastern Bluebird
1Cedar Waxwing
5Seaside Sparrow
2Saltmarsh Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
13Boat-tailed Grackle
2Common Yellowthroat
1American Redstart
4Palm Warbler
2Yellow-rumped Warbler
2Northern Cardinal

October 18

1Killdeer
1Belted Kingfisher
2Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
2Red-headed Woodpecker
1White-eyed Vireo
2Blue Jay
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Golden-crowned Kinglet
1Hermit Thrush
1Eastern Meadowlark
4Red-winged Blackbird
1Magnolia Warbler
2Indigo Bunting
1Painted Bunting

October 17

1Wilson's Snipe
1Great Egret
1Northern Harrier
1Merlin
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1Brown Thrasher
2House Sparrow
1Chipping Sparrow
1Field Sparrow
1White-throated Sparrow
8Common Grackle
1Prairie Warbler
1Blue Grosbeak

October 15

1Grasshopper Sparrow