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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 Cape Lookout NS--Cape Lookout Point

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

October 27

20Snow Goose
2Clapper Rail
1American Oystercatcher
11Willet
14Ruddy Turnstone
2Red Knot
16Sanderling
2Bonaparte's Gull
22Laughing Gull
8Ring-billed Gull
11Great Black-backed Gull
7Lesser Black-backed Gull
1Black Skimmer
7Forster's Tern
3Common Tern
5Sandwich Tern
10Royal Tern
1Northern Gannet
14Double-crested Cormorant
1Tricolored Heron
3Snowy Egret
7Great Egret
3Great Blue Heron
16Brown Pelican
1Belted Kingfisher
2Northern Flicker
1Peregrine Falcon
2Northern Rough-winged Swallow
3Barn Swallow
3Northern House Wren
3Sedge Wren
4Carolina Wren
3Gray Catbird
1Brown Thrasher
7Northern Mockingbird
2Savannah Sparrow
6Song Sparrow
2Swamp Sparrow
2Eastern Meadowlark
3Red-winged Blackbird
2Boat-tailed Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat
1Cape May Warbler
1Palm Warbler
6Yellow-rumped Warbler
7Northern Cardinal