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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--North Pond Photo Blind

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

October 30

22Canada Goose
9Gadwall
32American Wigeon
2Mallard
14American Black Duck
26Northern Pintail
17Green-winged Teal
2Red-breasted Merganser
86American Avocet
4Black-bellied Plover
1Semipalmated Plover
33Marbled Godwit
5Short-billed Dowitcher
17Willet
6Greater Yellowlegs
1Red Knot
19Dunlin
1White-rumped Sandpiper
1Bonaparte's Gull
5Laughing Gull
7Ring-billed Gull
1Great Black-backed Gull
5Black Skimmer
7Caspian Tern
8Double-crested Cormorant
6White Ibis
1Tricolored Heron
1Reddish Egret
5Snowy Egret
1Great Blue Heron
5Brown Pelican
3Northern Harrier
1Merlin
25Tree Swallow
2Gray Catbird
2Northern Mockingbird
1Song Sparrow
3Eastern Meadowlark
12Boat-tailed Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat
3Yellow-rumped Warbler

October 27

1Killdeer
1Least Sandpiper
2Western Sandpiper
1American Herring Gull
2Northern Flicker
1Dark-eyed Junco
2Swamp Sparrow

October 26

9American White Pelican

October 25

4Surf Scoter

October 24

1Great Egret