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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 New River Inlet

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

November 14

4Black Scoter ✓
1Mourning Dove ✓
1Virginia Rail ✓
2American Coot ✓
4Black-bellied Plover ✓
10Short-billed Dowitcher ✓
3Prairie Willet ✓
1Ruddy Turnstone ✓
3Sanderling ✓
60Dunlin ✓
2Least Sandpiper ✓
1Bonaparte's Gull ✓
1000Laughing Gull ✓
500Ring-billed Gull ✓
20American Herring Gull ✓
5Great Black-backed Gull ✓
25Forster's Tern ✓
5Sandwich Tern ✓
2Royal Tern ✓
1Common Loon ✓
250Double-crested Cormorant ✓
20White Ibis ✓
5Great Egret ✓
300Brown Pelican ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
3Bald Eagle ✓
25Tree Swallow ✓
1Eastern Marsh Wren ✓
1Carolina Wren ✓
2European Starling ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
2House Finch ✓
10Song Sparrow ✓
5Swamp Sparrow ✓
5Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
5Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
1Northern Cardinal ✓
2Great Blue Heron ✓
1Barn Swallow ✓
1Killdeer ✓
2Wilson's Snipe ✓
4Greater Yellowlegs ✓
1Pectoral Sandpiper
1Snowy Egret ✓
2Sharp-shinned Hawk ✓
3Northern Harrier ✓
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓

November 13

2Rock Pigeon ✓
11Lesser Black-backed Gull ✓
1Sedge Wren ✓
3White-throated Sparrow ✓

November 11

1Gadwall ✓
3Semipalmated Plover ✓
20Western Sandpiper ✓
1Northern Gannet ✓
1Tricolored Heron ✓
1Osprey ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
2American Crow ✓
3Seaside Sparrow ✓
1Saltmarsh Sparrow ✓
8Savannah Sparrow ✓
45Red-winged Blackbird ✓