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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 Pea Island NWR, New Inlet Pond south, 35.70219, -75.48895

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

October 14

30Canada Goose ✓
7Northern Shoveler ✓
1Eurasian Wigeon ✓
50American Wigeon ✓
2American Black Duck ✓
1000Northern Pintail ✓
9Ruddy Duck ✓
75American Avocet ✓
1Black-bellied Plover ✓
1Killdeer ✓
25Marbled Godwit ✓
10Lesser Yellowlegs ✓
20Greater Yellowlegs ✓
1Dunlin ✓
2Least Sandpiper ✓
200Laughing Gull ✓
5Ring-billed Gull ✓
3American Herring Gull ✓
100Black Skimmer ✓
2Caspian Tern ✓
20Forster's Tern ✓
40Royal Tern ✓
5Pied-billed Grebe ✓
5Double-crested Cormorant ✓
2White Ibis ✓
10Tricolored Heron ✓
1Reddish Egret
100Snowy Egret ✓
120Great Egret ✓
5Great Blue Heron ✓
40American White Pelican ✓
2Brown Pelican ✓
1Osprey ✓
1Northern Harrier ✓
2Belted Kingfisher ✓
2Peregrine Falcon ✓
1Carolina Wren ✓
3Gray Catbird ✓
5Northern Mockingbird ✓
1Eastern Towhee ✓
2Red-winged Blackbird ✓
2Common Grackle ✓
2Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
1Northern Cardinal ✓