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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.

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Recent reports from Fish Haul Creek Park

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

March 28

6Black-bellied Plover
80Semipalmated Plover
15Marbled Godwit
15Willet
16Ruddy Turnstone
65Dunlin
4Least Sandpiper
1Western Sandpiper
4Semipalmated Sandpiper
10Laughing Gull
6Ring-billed Gull
150Black Skimmer
5Forster's Tern
12Royal Tern
1Wood Stork
3Double-crested Cormorant
30Brown Pelican
1Little Blue Heron
4Tricolored Heron
6Snowy Egret
1White-eyed Vireo
2American Crow
4Fish Crow
1Carolina Wren
2Gray Catbird
3Boat-tailed Grackle
2Palm Warbler
1Pine Warbler
4Northern Cardinal

March 27

2Mourning Dove
1Piping Plover
2Wilson's Plover
6Short-billed Dowitcher
10Long-billed Dowitcher
18Sanderling
3Bonaparte's Gull
1Sandwich Tern
4Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
1Turkey Vulture
2Osprey
1Bald Eagle
1Downy Woodpecker
3Carolina Chickadee
3Tufted Titmouse
3Tree Swallow
8Northern Rough-winged Swallow
23Barn Swallow
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
3Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
3Marsh Wren
2Northern Mockingbird
3Eastern Bluebird
7Cedar Waxwing
1House Finch
1Song Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
38Red-winged Blackbird
1Common Yellowthroat
2Northern Parula
4Yellow-rumped Warbler

March 26

2Whimbrel
1Yellow-throated Warbler
4Black Vulture
6Common Grackle
5Western Cattle Egret
2Blue Jay
1Brown Thrasher

March 24

2Pectoral Sandpiper
1House Wren
1Red-bellied Woodpecker

March 23

3Herring Gull