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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.

August 2

1Canada Goose
1American Black Duck
1Black-necked Stilt
1Semipalmated Plover
1Hudsonian Whimbrel
2Long-billed Dowitcher
4Willet
5Stilt Sandpiper
15Laughing Gull
1American Herring Gull
1Least Tern
1Black Tern
3Royal Tern
1Double-crested Cormorant
7White Ibis
1Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
10Snowy Egret
4Great Egret
5Brown Pelican
1Purple Martin
1Gray Catbird
25Red-winged Blackbird
1Common Yellowthroat
1Mourning Dove
1Clapper Rail
5Black-bellied Plover
6Marbled Godwit
10Short-billed Dowitcher
2Spotted Sandpiper
1Solitary Sandpiper
6Lesser Yellowlegs
5Greater Yellowlegs
11Least Sandpiper
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Ring-billed Gull
1Great Black-backed Gull
15Black Skimmer
6Caspian Tern
10Forster's Tern
5Common Tern
2Sandwich Tern
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
1Black-crowned Night Heron
4Great Blue Heron
1Osprey
1Eastern Kingbird
1Marsh Wren
1Carolina Wren
2Northern Mockingbird
2House Finch
15Seaside Sparrow
2Song Sparrow
2Eastern Towhee
2Eastern Meadowlark
5Common Grackle
14Boat-tailed Grackle
1Northern Cardinal
2Blue Grosbeak

August 1

1Killdeer
6European Starling
1Bald Eagle
18Barn Swallow

July 31

1Mallard
5American Avocet
1Gull-billed Tern

July 29

1Turkey Vulture

July 27

1Least Bittern
3Gadwall
1Glossy Ibis
1Brown Thrasher