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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--Salt Flats Wildlife Trail

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

June 11

40Canada Goose
1Black-necked Stilt
2Black-bellied Plover
1Killdeer
2Semipalmated Plover
10Short-billed Dowitcher
2Willet
2Semipalmated Sandpiper
2Laughing Gull
1American Herring Gull
10Least Tern
2Double-crested Cormorant
6White Ibis
2Tricolored Heron
2Snowy Egret
9Great Egret
4Brown Pelican
1Osprey
3Purple Martin
2Barn Swallow
1Northern Mockingbird
12Red-winged Blackbird
8Boat-tailed Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat

June 10

1American Black Duck
2Mourning Dove
1Seaside Sparrow
1Eastern Meadowlark
1Clapper Rail
1American Oystercatcher
1Hudsonian Whimbrel
1Greater Yellowlegs
1Ruddy Turnstone
1Red Knot
2Caspian Tern
13Forster's Tern
11Royal Tern
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Great Blue Heron
2Carolina Wren
3Gray Catbird
2Song Sparrow
2Eastern Towhee
7Common Grackle
1Northern Cardinal
2Blue Grosbeak

June 8

1White-rumped Sandpiper
2Eastern Kingbird

June 5

1Gadwall
17American Avocet
1Least Sandpiper
24Black Skimmer
2Dunlin
2Common Tern
2Great Black-backed Gull