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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.

January 2

12Canada Goose
7Tundra Swan
20Northern Shoveler
4Gadwall
50American Wigeon
3Mallard
12American Black Duck
25Green-winged Teal
30Bufflehead
4Hooded Merganser
6Ruddy Duck
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Great Black-backed Gull
1Snowy Egret
5Brown Pelican
1Song Sparrow
3Yellow-rumped Warbler
60Lesser Scaup
5Ring-billed Gull
3White Ibis
4Great Blue Heron
12American White Pelican
1Belted Kingfisher
1Gray Catbird

January 1

1Canvasback
500Redhead
175American Avocet
1Pied-billed Grebe
1Great Egret
XNorthern Pintail
3American Herring Gull
9Double-crested Cormorant
2Northern Mockingbird
3Savannah Sparrow
1Red-winged Blackbird
4Snow Goose
100Greater Scaup
1Surf Scoter
1Red-breasted Merganser
1Killdeer
1Semipalmated Plover
1Piping Plover
1Wilson's Snipe
8Greater Yellowlegs
4Sanderling
10Lesser Black-backed Gull
1Forster's Tern
100Northern Gannet
1Bald Eagle
1Carolina Wren
1Common Yellowthroat

December 31

1Tricolored Heron
1Northern Harrier

December 30

1Turkey Vulture
1Peregrine Falcon
4Dunlin
1Sedge Wren

December 29

1Black-crowned Night Heron

December 28

1Black Scoter
1Common Goldeneye
18Long-billed Dowitcher
41Willet
1Merlin
2Palm Warbler
3Swamp Sparrow
3Eastern Meadowlark
6Blue-winged Teal
1Clapper Rail
1American Coot
1Eastern Towhee
1Common Grackle
1Ross's Goose
1White-winged Scoter
1Virginia Rail
1Black-bellied Plover
8Least Sandpiper
1Northern Flicker
1American Kestrel
1American Crow
1Horned Lark
1Northern House Wren
7Marsh Wren
1Seaside Sparrow
1Nelson's Sparrow
3Boat-tailed Grackle