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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.

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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.

June 27

75Canada Goose
5Gadwall
35American Black Duck
2Mourning Dove
3Clapper Rail
1Virginia Rail
6Black-necked Stilt
2American Oystercatcher
4Black-bellied Plover
6Killdeer
6Semipalmated Plover
7Marbled Godwit
30Short-billed Dowitcher
14Willet
6Greater Yellowlegs
2Ruddy Turnstone
5Dunlin
1Least Sandpiper
1Pectoral Sandpiper
12Semipalmated Sandpiper
65Laughing Gull
12American Herring Gull
4Great Black-backed Gull
5Black Skimmer
105Least Tern
1Caspian Tern
14Black Tern
20Forster's Tern
1Common Tern
4Sandwich Tern
25Royal Tern
15Double-crested Cormorant
12White Ibis
2Little Blue Heron
65Tricolored Heron
18Snowy Egret
15Great Egret
6Great Blue Heron
45Brown Pelican
2Osprey
2Eastern Kingbird
1Purple Martin
2Barn Swallow
8European Starling
3Gray Catbird
1Brown Thrasher
2Northern Mockingbird
8Seaside Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
3Eastern Meadowlark
10Red-winged Blackbird
2Brown-headed Cowbird
5Common Grackle
15Boat-tailed Grackle
4Common Yellowthroat
3Northern Cardinal
1Blue Grosbeak

June 26

1Great Horned Owl
1Great Crested Flycatcher

June 25

3Black-crowned Night Heron

June 24

2Mallard
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
1Carolina Wren
10American Avocet