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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.

November 22

20Canada Goose
2American Wigeon
2American Black Duck
13Red-breasted Merganser
1American Golden-Plover
3Greater Yellowlegs
1Least Sandpiper
1Bonaparte's Gull
41American Herring Gull
1Great Black-backed Gull
2Lesser Black-backed Gull
1Royal Tern
1Double-crested Cormorant
24White Ibis
1Tricolored Heron
10Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
1Song Sparrow
1Eastern Meadowlark
12Red-winged Blackbird

November 21

20Tundra Swan
2Blue-winged Teal
20Gadwall
20Green-winged Teal
1Bufflehead
10Ring-billed Gull
3Pied-billed Grebe
1Brown Pelican
1Belted Kingfisher
1Northern House Wren
1Marsh Wren
2Northern Mockingbird
1American Robin
1Savannah Sparrow
3Swamp Sparrow
15Yellow-rumped Warbler

November 19

1Clapper Rail
2Black-bellied Plover
2Semipalmated Plover
8Snowy Egret
2Northern Harrier
1Bald Eagle
2Sedge Wren
1Gray Catbird
1Hermit Thrush
1American Pipit

November 18

5Mallard
1Hooded Merganser
2Willet
37Dunlin
15American White Pelican

November 17

1Mourning Dove
5Little Blue Heron
1American Kestrel
1Peregrine Falcon
1Seaside Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
1Boat-tailed Grackle
1Palm Warbler

November 16

XRuddy Duck
12American Avocet
1Marbled Godwit
6Short-billed Dowitcher
4Long-billed Dowitcher
4Turkey Vulture
2White-throated Sparrow
2Northern Cardinal
65Black Scoter
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Virginia Rail
1Killdeer
1Wilson's Snipe
10Laughing Gull
1Osprey
1Northern Flicker
2Tree Swallow
1Carolina Wren
1Nelson's Sparrow
1Forster's Tern
1Fish Crow
2House Finch