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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.

November 30

48Black Scoter
1Willet
24Sanderling
2Laughing Gull
6Ring-billed Gull
1Great Black-backed Gull
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
8Forster's Tern
1Red-throated Loon
22Northern Gannet
13Double-crested Cormorant
26Brown Pelican
24Tundra Swan
5American Wigeon
3American Black Duck
2Hooded Merganser
1Black-bellied Plover
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Greater Yellowlegs
1American Herring Gull
4White Ibis
1Black-crowned Night Heron
3Little Blue Heron
6Tricolored Heron
1Snowy Egret
4Great Egret
2American White Pelican
2Turkey Vulture
1Bald Eagle
2Belted Kingfisher
2Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
1American Pipit
1Savannah Sparrow
3Song Sparrow
2Swamp Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
8Eastern Meadowlark
14Yellow-rumped Warbler

November 29

7Gadwall
1Northern Pintail
1Bufflehead
6Red-breasted Merganser
3Killdeer
1Great Blue Heron
1Sedge Wren
1Marsh Wren
2Gray Catbird
2American Goldfinch
1Nelson's Sparrow
72Red-winged Blackbird

November 28

11Canada Goose
2Royal Tern
1American Kestrel

November 27

1Snow Goose
5Northern Shoveler
6Mallard
2Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)
100Green-winged Teal
10Redhead
3Ring-necked Duck
3White-winged Scoter
10Short-billed Dowitcher
65Dunlin
1Bonaparte's Gull
6Pied-billed Grebe
1Northern Harrier
1Orange-crowned Warbler
1Northern Cardinal