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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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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.

August 25

1Mourning Dove
6Black-necked Stilt
5Semipalmated Plover
2Greater Yellowlegs
2Sanderling
5Least Sandpiper
5Semipalmated Sandpiper
8Laughing Gull
3American Herring Gull
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
2Least Tern
1Black Tern
2Forster's Tern
12Common Tern
5Royal Tern
2Double-crested Cormorant
2White Ibis
1Snowy Egret
4Brown Pelican
1Northern Mockingbird
1Common Grackle
2Boat-tailed Grackle
1Northern Cardinal

August 23

1Black-bellied Plover
2Killdeer
1Spotted Sandpiper
4Willet
2Ruddy Turnstone
9Ring-billed Gull
15Great Black-backed Gull
1Black Skimmer
2Roseate Tern
37Sandwich Tern
1Green Heron
3Great Egret
2Osprey
1Carolina Wren

August 21

1Canada Goose
1American Oystercatcher
2Piping Plover
12Short-billed Dowitcher
1Lesser Yellowlegs

August 20

1American Avocet
1Stilt Sandpiper
1Western Sandpiper
1Bald Eagle
45Red-winged Blackbird