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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.

September 5

2Canada Goose
2Clapper Rail
2American Oystercatcher
15Black-bellied Plover
11Semipalmated Plover
1Lesser Yellowlegs
3Greater Yellowlegs
1Least Sandpiper
12Laughing Gull
1American Herring Gull
8Caspian Tern
2Black Tern
2Royal Tern
1Double-crested Cormorant
11White Ibis
1Tricolored Heron
4Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
1Brown Pelican
2Osprey
2Boat-tailed Grackle

September 3

3Mourning Dove
1Black-necked Stilt
1Short-billed Dowitcher
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
41Black Skimmer
2Forster's Tern
1Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
2Northern Mockingbird

September 2

4Willet
2Ruddy Turnstone
4Sanderling
1Great Black-backed Gull
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
1Little Blue Heron
2Turkey Vulture
1Bald Eagle

September 1

5American Black Duck
15American Avocet
5Marbled Godwit
1Red Knot
1Ring-billed Gull
1Least Tern
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
3Black-crowned Night Heron
6Snowy Egret
1Belted Kingfisher
1Northern Flicker
7Eastern Kingbird
1Barn Swallow
6Seaside Sparrow
2Eastern Towhee
1Bobolink
8Red-winged Blackbird
2Common Yellowthroat
1Northern Cardinal