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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.

June 5

35Canada Goose
1Gadwall
2American Black Duck
1Clapper Rail
17American Avocet
3Black-bellied Plover
1Killdeer
1Semipalmated Plover
3Hudsonian Whimbrel
28Short-billed Dowitcher
1Willet
3Greater Yellowlegs
1Least Sandpiper
37Semipalmated Sandpiper
1American Herring Gull
24Black Skimmer
16Least Tern
6Royal Tern
4Double-crested Cormorant
3White Ibis
1Tricolored Heron
3Snowy Egret
1Great Egret
2Eastern Kingbird
1Northern Mockingbird
1Seaside Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
1Eastern Meadowlark
3Red-winged Blackbird
1Boat-tailed Grackle
2Common Yellowthroat
1Blue Grosbeak
4Laughing Gull
2Common Tern
1Brown Pelican
1Black-necked Stilt
2Great Black-backed Gull
1Osprey
3Barn Swallow

June 3

1American Oystercatcher
1Spotted Sandpiper
2Ruddy Turnstone
3Forster's Tern
1Sandwich Tern
1Eastern Towhee
2Brown-headed Cowbird
1Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)
1Mourning Dove
1Red Knot
12Sanderling
1Caspian Tern
1European Starling
2Gray Catbird
3Common Grackle
2Northern Cardinal
1Indigo Bunting

May 31

8Dunlin
2Fish Crow
3Tree Swallow
1Carolina Wren
1American Robin
1Northern Pintail
1Ring-billed Gull
1Turkey Vulture
1Red-necked Phalarope
1White-rumped Sandpiper
1Little Blue Heron

May 30

1American Wigeon
1Red-breasted Merganser

May 29

2Piping Plover