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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.

May 15

4Canada Goose
2Black-necked Stilt
2Stilt Sandpiper
2Least Sandpiper
1White Ibis
3Tricolored Heron
2Snowy Egret
7Great Egret
2Mallard
45American Black Duck
4Mourning Dove
5Clapper Rail
4American Avocet
35Black-bellied Plover
5Killdeer
205Semipalmated Plover
10Short-billed Dowitcher
1Spotted Sandpiper
3Lesser Yellowlegs
8Willet
8Greater Yellowlegs
25Ruddy Turnstone
7Red Knot
1Ruff
12Sanderling
175Dunlin
1White-rumped Sandpiper
600Semipalmated Sandpiper
50Laughing Gull
5American Herring Gull
12Least Tern
4Forster's Tern
10Royal Tern
6Double-crested Cormorant
6Brown Pelican
4Turkey Vulture
3Osprey
1Great Crested Flycatcher
2Eastern Kingbird
1Fish Crow
3Purple Martin
8Barn Swallow
2Carolina Wren
3Gray Catbird
4Northern Mockingbird
1House Finch
5Seaside Sparrow
2Song Sparrow
3Eastern Towhee
2Eastern Meadowlark
1Orchard Oriole
15Red-winged Blackbird
5Brown-headed Cowbird
8Common Grackle
10Boat-tailed Grackle
3Common Yellowthroat
2Northern Cardinal
1Blue Grosbeak

May 14

2Black Tern
1Merlin

May 12

4Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
1Blue-winged Teal
1Gadwall
1Bufflehead
8Black Skimmer
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Great Blue Heron
2Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1American Redstart

May 10

2Caspian Tern
1Sandwich Tern