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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 28

6American Black Duck
1Black-necked Stilt
8American Avocet
1Marbled Godwit
1Short-billed Dowitcher
1Lesser Yellowlegs
3Willet
1Least Sandpiper
4Laughing Gull
1Great Black-backed Gull
5Black Skimmer
4Least Tern
3Black Tern
2Forster's Tern
1Common Tern
3Royal Tern
10Double-crested Cormorant
1White Ibis
1Little Blue Heron
5Tricolored Heron
10Great Egret
5Great Blue Heron
5Brown Pelican
3Osprey
1Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
1Boat-tailed Grackle

August 26

1Clapper Rail
2American Oystercatcher
2Black-bellied Plover
4Semipalmated Plover
6Greater Yellowlegs
6Caspian Tern
1Black-crowned Night Heron
6Snowy Egret
1Belted Kingfisher
2Canada Goose
2Killdeer
1American Herring Gull
5Blue-winged Teal
2Gadwall
1Mallard
3Mourning Dove
1Cooper's Hawk
3Eastern Kingbird
1Carolina Wren
4European Starling
4Seaside Sparrow
1Red-winged Blackbird
1Common Yellowthroat

August 25

1Hudsonian Whimbrel
3Sanderling
5Semipalmated Sandpiper
4Ring-billed Gull
3Sandwich Tern
2American Crow
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Marsh Wren
2Gull-billed Tern

August 23

5Long-billed Dowitcher
5Glossy Ibis