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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.

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Recent reports from Fripp Island (restricted access)

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

April 18

1Black-bellied Plover
4Piping Plover
8Least Sandpiper
2Least Tern
3Royal Tern
6Brown Pelican
2Osprey
1Bald Eagle
25Sanderling
42Dunlin
4Laughing Gull
1Ring-billed Gull
2American Herring Gull
14Sandwich Tern
1Fish Crow
1House Finch

April 17

2Chimney Swift
1Willet
1Tricolored Heron
1Black Vulture
2Carolina Chickadee
1Tree Swallow
2Eastern Bluebird
8Red-winged Blackbird

April 16

XTurkey Vulture
XPileated Woodpecker
XBlue Jay
XBoat-tailed Grackle
3Wilson's Plover
1Double-crested Cormorant
2Snowy Egret
1Great Egret
1Great Crested Flycatcher
2Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
2Northern Cardinal
1Painted Bunting
1Semipalmated Plover
3Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
2Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
8Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Clapper Rail
1Common Gallinule
1Great Blue Heron
1Sedge Wren
1Northern Mockingbird

April 15

1Eurasian Collared-Dove
6Mourning Dove
1Least Bittern
1American Kestrel
1Merlin
1Peregrine Falcon
2American Crow
1Bank Swallow
7Barn Swallow
1Orchard Oriole
1Common Grackle
XCanada Goose
XLittle Blue Heron
XBrown-headed Cowbird
4Forster's Tern
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Marsh Wren
1Swamp Sparrow

April 14

2Eastern Kingbird
1Yellow-throated Warbler
2Common Ground Dove
1Pied-billed Grebe