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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.

September 3

80Canada Goose
25American Black Duck
2Mourning Dove
5Black-necked Stilt
2Black-bellied Plover
16Semipalmated Plover
5Marbled Godwit
2Long-billed Dowitcher
1Spotted Sandpiper
2Lesser Yellowlegs
1Willet
5Greater Yellowlegs
1White-rumped Sandpiper
7Least Sandpiper
9Laughing Gull
1Ring-billed Gull
80Black Skimmer
2Black Tern
10Forster's Tern
5Common Tern
10Royal Tern
5Double-crested Cormorant
28White Ibis
2Little Blue Heron
10Tricolored Heron
40Great Egret
3Great Blue Heron
10Brown Pelican
1Carolina Wren
8European Starling
1Northern Mockingbird
3Red-winged Blackbird
6Boat-tailed Grackle

September 1

45Blue-winged Teal
2Clapper Rail
3Killdeer
2Ruddy Turnstone
5Semipalmated Sandpiper
8American Herring Gull
2Great Black-backed Gull
4Caspian Tern
10Snowy Egret
1Common Yellowthroat
3Short-billed Dowitcher
4Sanderling
1Eastern Kingbird
1Eastern Towhee
1Common Grackle
1Northern Cardinal

August 31

1Pied-billed Grebe
1Cooper's Hawk
1Belted Kingfisher
1Black-crowned Night Heron
2Fish Crow
2American Crow
1American Oystercatcher
1Piping Plover
2Osprey
1Mallard
1Hudsonian Godwit
1Western Sandpiper
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
1Tricolored Heron x Snowy Egret (hybrid)
1Northern Harrier
1Seaside Sparrow

August 30

2Whimbrel
2Sandwich Tern
1Green Heron
3Least Tern
1Marsh Wren
2American Redstart

August 29

1Western Cattle-Egret
1Turkey Vulture
1Barn Swallow
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1American Golden-Plover
1Prairie Warbler