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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.

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Recent reports from Pea Island NWR--North Pond

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

September 4

200Canada Goose
4Blue-winged Teal
25American Black Duck
10Black-necked Stilt
25American Avocet
10Black-bellied Plover
10Semipalmated Plover
14Marbled Godwit
8Short-billed Dowitcher
1Long-billed Dowitcher
1Spotted Sandpiper
5Lesser Yellowlegs
5Greater Yellowlegs
2Least Sandpiper
2Semipalmated Sandpiper
4American Herring Gull
400Black Skimmer
6Caspian Tern
12Forster's Tern
4Sandwich Tern
4Royal Tern
8Double-crested Cormorant
15White Ibis
3Black-crowned Night Heron
4Little Blue Heron
6Tricolored Heron
1Snowy Egret
100Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
16Brown Pelican
1Osprey
1Belted Kingfisher
1European Starling
1Seaside Sparrow
1Song Sparrow

September 2

1Hudsonian Godwit
1Willet
3Common Tern
2Northern Mockingbird

September 1

2Mourning Dove
3Great Black-backed Gull
3Black Tern
2Turkey Vulture
2Red-winged Blackbird
1Northern Cardinal

August 31

1Gadwall
6Mallard
3Clapper Rail
6American Oystercatcher
2Killdeer
1Whimbrel
2Ruddy Turnstone
3Red Knot
3Sanderling
105Laughing Gull
3Ring-billed Gull
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
3Least Tern
1Pied-billed Grebe
1Cooper's Hawk
2Carolina Wren
1Eastern Meadowlark
65Boat-tailed Grackle
2Common Yellowthroat