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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 19

1Black-bellied Plover ✓
1Ruddy Turnstone ✓
8Sanderling ✓
1Caspian Tern ✓
1Boat-tailed Grackle ✓

October 16

1Canada Goose ✓
3Rock Pigeon ✓
1Clapper Rail ✓
3Semipalmated Plover ✓
1Willet ✓
2Dunlin ✓
20Laughing Gull ✓
2Ring-billed Gull ✓
4American Herring Gull ✓
25Great Black-backed Gull ✓
10Lesser Black-backed Gull ✓
40Forster's Tern ✓
30Sandwich Tern ✓
25Royal Tern ✓
3Double-crested Cormorant ✓
6White Ibis ✓
1Tricolored Heron ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
9Brown Pelican ✓
7Barn Swallow ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
1Savannah Sparrow ✓
1Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓

October 15

5Mourning Dove ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Piping Plover ✓
2Pectoral Sandpiper ✓
1Semipalmated Sandpiper ✓
4Black Skimmer ✓
2Common Tern ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Western Sandpiper ✓
1Osprey ✓
2Merlin ✓
1Gray Catbird ✓
5Eastern Meadowlark ✓
1Red-winged Blackbird ✓
3Palm Warbler ✓
2American Oystercatcher ✓
4Killdeer ✓
1Great Cormorant ✓
1Great Egret ✓
1American White Pelican ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
3Northern Flicker ✓
1Peregrine Falcon ✓
6American Crow ✓
2Fish Crow ✓
4Tree Swallow ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
2Carolina Wren ✓
10European Starling ✓
6House Sparrow ✓
1White-crowned Sparrow ✓
2Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Cape May Warbler ✓
1Northern Parula ✓
1Blackpoll Warbler ✓
28Pine Warbler ✓