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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.

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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.

July 14

70Canada Goose
3American Black Duck
1Black-necked Stilt
1American Avocet
2Black-bellied Plover
2Killdeer
3Semipalmated Plover
3Lesser Yellowlegs
6Willet
3Greater Yellowlegs
2Least Sandpiper
8Laughing Gull
1American Herring Gull
35Least Tern
2Caspian Tern
1Forster's Tern
2Sandwich Tern
25Royal Tern
1Double-crested Cormorant
2White Ibis
1Tricolored Heron
6Great Egret
2Brown Pelican
2Marsh Wren
1Seaside Sparrow
1Eastern Meadowlark
10Red-winged Blackbird
1Common Yellowthroat
1Northern Cardinal
15Mallard
2Mourning Dove
12Marbled Godwit
5Short-billed Dowitcher
3Spotted Sandpiper
3Ruddy Turnstone
1Stilt Sandpiper
2Western Sandpiper
10Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Black Skimmer
7Black Tern
2Black-crowned Night Heron
3Little Blue Heron
7Snowy Egret
1Great Blue Heron
1Osprey
2Purple Martin
1Carolina Wren
2Gray Catbird
4Northern Mockingbird
1Eastern Towhee
2Common Grackle
3Boat-tailed Grackle

July 13

2Barn Swallow
1Hudsonian Whimbrel
10Common Tern
1American Robin

July 11

1Clapper Rail

July 10

2Blue Grosbeak

July 9

1Ring-billed Gull
2Great Black-backed Gull
1Song Sparrow
1Brown-headed Cowbird
1Pectoral Sandpiper