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The Carolina Bird Club is a non-profit organization that represents and supports the birding community in the Carolinas through its website, publications, meetings, workshops, trips, and partnerships, whose mission is


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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 Oregon Inlet South Rock Jetty

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

August 4

25Rock Pigeon
2Chimney Swift
2Black-necked Stilt
2American Oystercatcher
3Black-bellied Plover
2Killdeer
26Semipalmated Plover
4Piping Plover
15Lesser Yellowlegs
2Willet
2Greater Yellowlegs
21Ruddy Turnstone
3Stilt Sandpiper
32Sanderling
8Dunlin
2White-rumped Sandpiper
75Least Sandpiper
8Pectoral Sandpiper
2Western Sandpiper
13Semipalmated Sandpiper
25Laughing Gull
2Ring-billed Gull
4American Herring Gull
6Great Black-backed Gull
15Lesser Black-backed Gull
10Black Skimmer
60Least Tern
1Gull-billed Tern
4Forster's Tern
16Common Tern
6Sandwich Tern
7Royal Tern
8Double-crested Cormorant
2Snowy Egret
8Brown Pelican
1Bank Swallow
1Carolina Wren
1Eastern Towhee
25Boat-tailed Grackle

August 1

5Canada Goose
3Mourning Dove
1Marbled Godwit
1Short-billed Dowitcher
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
2Purple Martin
2Barn Swallow
2Northern Mockingbird
8Red-winged Blackbird
2Common Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat
1Northern Cardinal
1Blue Grosbeak

July 31

2Black Tern
1Hudsonian Whimbrel
1Red Knot
1Roseate Tern
1Eastern Meadowlark

July 30

1Common Eider

July 29

6Caspian Tern
1Tricolored Heron
2European Starling
1Gray Catbird