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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.

July 5

75Canada Goose
4Mourning Dove
1Black-necked Stilt
1Black-bellied Plover
2Killdeer
1Semipalmated Plover
17Short-billed Dowitcher
3Willet
2Ruddy Turnstone
1Least Sandpiper
45Laughing Gull
2Black Skimmer
12Least Tern
1Black Tern
5Royal Tern
71White Ibis
1Snowy Egret
5Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
3Brown Pelican
2European Starling
1Gray Catbird
3Seaside Sparrow
1Eastern Meadowlark
11Red-winged Blackbird
15Boat-tailed Grackle
1American Black Duck
2Greater Yellowlegs
3Double-crested Cormorant
1Little Blue Heron
1Purple Martin
1Barn Swallow
4Common Yellowthroat

July 4

1Clapper Rail
3American Oystercatcher
2Marbled Godwit
1Spotted Sandpiper
3Lesser Yellowlegs
2Semipalmated Sandpiper
2Ring-billed Gull
7American Herring Gull
1Gull-billed Tern
3Caspian Tern
2Common Tern
1Sandwich Tern
2Black-crowned Night Heron
40Tricolored Heron
1Eastern Kingbird
1Marsh Wren
1Carolina Wren
1Brown Thrasher
2Northern Mockingbird
1Song Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
3Common Grackle
1Northern Cardinal
1Blue Grosbeak

July 3

1Mallard
1American Avocet

June 30

1Osprey