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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.

July 11

4Canada Goose
2American Black Duck
1Clapper Rail
1Killdeer
10Willet
1Greater Yellowlegs
2Laughing Gull
2Least Tern
1Caspian Tern
2Double-crested Cormorant
1White Ibis
1Tricolored Heron
8Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
6Brown Pelican
4Barn Swallow
4Seaside Sparrow
1Eastern Meadowlark
6Red-winged Blackbird
8Boat-tailed Grackle

July 10

1Black-necked Stilt
1Royal Tern
8Snowy Egret
2Northern Mockingbird
2Blue Grosbeak

July 9

1Mallard
3Mourning Dove
4Black-bellied Plover
4Semipalmated Plover
2Marbled Godwit
18Short-billed Dowitcher
6Ruddy Turnstone
65Least Sandpiper
1Western Sandpiper
1Ring-billed Gull
6American Herring Gull
2Great Black-backed Gull
4Black Tern
5Forster's Tern
4Common Tern
2Sandwich Tern
1Little Blue Heron
1Purple Martin
1Song Sparrow
1Brown-headed Cowbird
1Northern Cardinal
2Spotted Sandpiper
1Pectoral Sandpiper
2Common Yellowthroat

July 6

1American Oystercatcher
2Black Skimmer
5Glossy Ibis
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Reddish Egret
1Osprey

July 5

2European Starling
1Gray Catbird