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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 Cape Hatteras NS--Salt Pond

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

July 18

16Canada Goose
6Mourning Dove
1Killdeer
10Short-billed Dowitcher
5Least Sandpiper
10Laughing Gull
2American Herring Gull
20Least Tern
6Royal Tern
1Tree Swallow
2Eastern Towhee
1Eastern Meadowlark
16Red-winged Blackbird
1Common Yellowthroat

July 15

5King Rail

July 13

1Common Nighthawk
5American Oystercatcher
1Black-bellied Plover
1Semipalmated Plover
4Spotted Sandpiper
10Willet
1Ruddy Turnstone
7Sanderling
1Pectoral Sandpiper
2Semipalmated Sandpiper
3Great Black-backed Gull
3Black Skimmer
1Gull-billed Tern
4Sandwich Tern
3Green Heron
1Brown Pelican
1Osprey
1Belted Kingfisher
1American Crow
3Purple Martin
6Barn Swallow
3Carolina Wren
4European Starling
2Northern Mockingbird
10Common Grackle
4Boat-tailed Grackle

July 12

1Piping Plover
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Great Blue Heron
2Turkey Vulture
2Prairie Warbler