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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 Cape Hatteras NS--Cape Point

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

July 8

55Canada Goose
4American Black Duck
35Mourning Dove
1Common Nighthawk
10Killdeer
4Semipalmated Plover
1Piping Plover
3Spotted Sandpiper
5Willet
2Greater Yellowlegs
1Ruddy Turnstone
47Least Sandpiper
25Laughing Gull
4Lesser Black-backed Gull
2Black Skimmer
8Least Tern
1Caspian Tern
8Sandwich Tern
40Royal Tern
4Barn Swallow
2Eastern Meadowlark
25Red-winged Blackbird
18Common Grackle
2Common Yellowthroat
2Northern Cardinal

July 7

5American Oystercatcher
4Black-bellied Plover
68Lesser Yellowlegs
3Sanderling
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
8American Herring Gull
5Great Black-backed Gull
2Gull-billed Tern
2Black Tern
1Forster's Tern
6Common Tern
1Roseate Tern
7Great Shearwater
7Turkey Vulture
4Osprey
3Purple Martin
3Northern Mockingbird
2Eastern Towhee