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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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Recent reports from Pea Island NWR--Visitor Center

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

September 3

30Canada Goose
1Mallard
5American Black Duck
1Mourning Dove
16Black-necked Stilt
60American Avocet
3Black-bellied Plover
5Semipalmated Plover
8Marbled Godwit
1Short-billed Dowitcher
1Willet
2Greater Yellowlegs
1Sanderling
2Least Sandpiper
25Laughing Gull
1American Herring Gull
1Great Black-backed Gull
60Black Skimmer
30Forster's Tern
80Common Tern
20Double-crested Cormorant
2Little Blue Heron
7Tricolored Heron
5Snowy Egret
40Great Egret
5Brown Pelican
1Osprey
1Northern Mockingbird
1Red-winged Blackbird
3Boat-tailed Grackle

August 31

XBlue-winged Teal
2Killdeer
5Lesser Yellowlegs
1Ruddy Turnstone
1Caspian Tern
10Royal Tern
1Great Blue Heron
1Northern Harrier
10European Starling
2Common Grackle
3Black Tern
3Sandwich Tern

August 30

1Piping Plover
1Least Tern
2White Ibis

August 29

2American Wigeon
2Ring-billed Gull
3Common Yellowthroat
1Yellow Warbler