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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.

The Club provides this website to all for free.

By becoming a member, you support the activities of the Club, receive reduced registration fee for meetings, can participate in bonus field trips, and receive our publications.

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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.

October 14

5Black-bellied Plover ✓
5Semipalmated Plover ✓
7Piping Plover ✓
7Willet ✓
2Ruddy Turnstone ✓
40Sanderling ✓
30Semipalmated Sandpiper ✓
25Laughing Gull ✓
7American Herring Gull ✓
9Great Black-backed Gull ✓
12Lesser Black-backed Gull ✓
1Black Skimmer ✓
5Caspian Tern ✓
3Forster's Tern ✓
19Sandwich Tern ✓
15Royal Tern ✓
1Great Cormorant
27Double-crested Cormorant ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
12Brown Pelican ✓
1American Kestrel ✓
10Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
1Killdeer ✓
2Barn Swallow ✓
7Northern Mockingbird ✓
2House Finch ✓
3Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓

October 13

1Mourning Dove ✓
1American Oystercatcher ✓
1Lesser Yellowlegs ✓
1Swamp Sparrow ✓
4Great Egret ✓
1Osprey ✓
1Northern Harrier ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
1American Goldfinch ✓
1Blackpoll Warbler ✓
3Palm Warbler ✓
1Pine Warbler ✓

October 12

1Dunlin ✓
3Ring-billed Gull ✓
3European Starling ✓
4Savannah Sparrow ✓
2Red-winged Blackbird ✓
1Hudsonian Whimbrel ✓
1Tricolored Heron ✓
11Snowy Egret ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
2Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Carolina Wren ✓
1Gray Catbird ✓
4Seaside Sparrow ✓
3Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Hooded Warbler ✓

October 11

1Clapper Rail ✓
1American Golden-Plover ✓
1Spotted Sandpiper ✓
2Red Knot ✓
2White Ibis ✓
1American Crow ✓