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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.

April 25

8Canada Goose
3Gadwall
2Mallard
3American Black Duck
2Clapper Rail
6Black-bellied Plover
1Semipalmated Plover
1Lesser Yellowlegs
8Willet
4Greater Yellowlegs
10Sanderling
25Dunlin
10Laughing Gull
5American Herring Gull
2Least Tern
1Forster's Tern
2Royal Tern
1Pied-billed Grebe
1Double-crested Cormorant
6White Ibis
1Black-crowned Night Heron
2Snowy Egret
10Great Egret
5Great Blue Heron
3Brown Pelican
1Barn Swallow
1Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
4Seaside Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
2Eastern Meadowlark
5Red-winged Blackbird
2Common Grackle
2Common Yellowthroat

April 24

13American Wigeon
1Greater Scaup
2Ruddy Duck
2Mourning Dove
2American Oystercatcher
1Hudsonian Whimbrel
1Marbled Godwit
1Long-billed Dowitcher
13Least Sandpiper
6Ring-billed Gull
1Great Black-backed Gull
78Black Skimmer
1Caspian Tern
3Common Tern
6Tricolored Heron
2Bald Eagle
1Belted Kingfisher
1Eastern Kingbird
1Blue Jay
1Fish Crow
1Purple Martin
2Marsh Wren
1Gray Catbird
1Brown Thrasher
2Song Sparrow
23Boat-tailed Grackle
1Indigo Bunting

April 22

1Lesser Black-backed Gull
1Sandwich Tern
2Osprey
1Tree Swallow
1European Starling
6Brown-headed Cowbird
1Northern Cardinal