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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 East Shackleford Banks

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

April 22

25Black Scoter
30Red-breasted Merganser
5Mourning Dove
10American Oystercatcher
100Black-bellied Plover
75Semipalmated Plover
3Piping Plover
11Wilson's Plover
20Whimbrel
25Marbled Godwit
300Short-billed Dowitcher
30Willet
1Greater Yellowlegs
20Ruddy Turnstone
120Red Knot
100Sanderling
300Dunlin
5Western Sandpiper
6Laughing Gull
1Herring Gull
2Great Black-backed Gull
3Least Tern
8Forster's Tern
4Common Tern
8Sandwich Tern
15Royal Tern
22Brown Pelican
1Tricolored Heron
2Snowy Egret
1Great Egret
30White Ibis
1Osprey
1Merlin
2Fish Crow
3Barn Swallow
2Savannah Sparrow
6Eastern Meadowlark
2Common Grackle
2Boat-tailed Grackle

April 20

1Mallard
4Clapper Rail
1Killdeer
2Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Double-crested Cormorant
3Little Blue Heron
1Sedge Wren
3Carolina Wren
2Gray Catbird
2Northern Mockingbird
5Red-winged Blackbird
4Northern Cardinal