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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 Dolphin Head Recreation Area (restricted access)

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

May 12

4Mourning Dove
1Chimney Swift
12Semipalmated Plover
28Whimbrel
9Ruddy Turnstone
34Sanderling
27Dunlin
26Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Royal Tern
2Tricolored Heron
1Green Heron
1Great Blue Heron
1Osprey
2Mississippi Kite
4Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
4Great Crested Flycatcher
1White-eyed Vireo
1Red-eyed Vireo
6Blue Jay
5American Crow
2Fish Crow
7Carolina Chickadee
8Tufted Titmouse
3Barn Swallow
3Brown-headed Nuthatch
10Carolina Wren
3Brown Thrasher
7Eastern Bluebird
5House Finch
5Chipping Sparrow
4Eastern Towhee
1Brown-headed Cowbird
1Boat-tailed Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat
2Northern Parula
2Pine Warbler
4Yellow-throated Warbler
12Northern Cardinal
1Painted Bunting

May 10

1Spotted Sandpiper
1Common Tern
2Sandwich Tern
5Brown Pelican
1Snowy Egret
2Great Egret
1Great Horned Owl
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Gray Catbird
1Black-and-white Warbler
2American Redstart

May 9

1American Oystercatcher
1Piping Plover
1White-rumped Sandpiper
7Least Sandpiper
3Laughing Gull
1Gull-billed Tern
4Forster's Tern
1Common Loon
5Double-crested Cormorant
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Ovenbird
1Blackpoll Warbler