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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.

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Recent reports from Sunset Beach--East End

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

April 21

60Semipalmated Plover
6Lesser Yellowlegs
10Willet
2Greater Yellowlegs
2Red Knot
20Sanderling
35Dunlin
4Least Sandpiper
2Bonaparte's Gull
50Laughing Gull
8Herring Gull
3Great Black-backed Gull
60Black Skimmer
22Least Tern
2Gull-billed Tern
4Caspian Tern
8Forster's Tern
30Sandwich Tern
60Royal Tern
10Double-crested Cormorant
50Brown Pelican
1Little Blue Heron
3Tricolored Heron
4Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
6White Ibis
2Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1Red-tailed Hawk
3Fish Crow
5Purple Martin
8Barn Swallow
1Northern Mockingbird
10Boat-tailed Grackle
2Red-breasted Merganser
1Mourning Dove
5American Oystercatcher
3Black-bellied Plover
4Wilson's Plover
5Whimbrel
200Short-billed Dowitcher
2Ruddy Turnstone
20Western Sandpiper
9Ring-billed Gull
9Lesser Black-backed Gull
3European Starling
2House Sparrow
2Savannah Sparrow
1Red-winged Blackbird
1Palm Warbler

April 16

1Green-winged Teal
1Clapper Rail
6Killdeer
1Carolina Wren
8House Finch
4Northern Cardinal