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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 3

31Canada Goose
1Killdeer
1Willet
1Greater Yellowlegs
6Least Sandpiper
8Laughing Gull
4Black Skimmer
1Least Tern
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Great Egret
1Seaside Sparrow
8Red-winged Blackbird
2Common Grackle
2Common Yellowthroat
1Mourning Dove
6Clapper Rail
5Black-necked Stilt
3American Avocet
1American Oystercatcher
3Black-bellied Plover
4Semipalmated Plover
1Marbled Godwit
21Short-billed Dowitcher
3Spotted Sandpiper
2Lesser Yellowlegs
1Ruddy Turnstone
3Sanderling
4Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Ring-billed Gull
2American Herring Gull
1Great Black-backed Gull
2Caspian Tern
5Forster's Tern
4Royal Tern
5Double-crested Cormorant
13White Ibis
9Tricolored Heron
2Snowy Egret
5Great Blue Heron
15Brown Pelican
3Purple Martin
2Barn Swallow
2Marsh Wren
1Carolina Wren
1European Starling
3Gray Catbird
10Northern Mockingbird
2Eastern Towhee
5Eastern Meadowlark
5Brown-headed Cowbird
40Boat-tailed Grackle
3Northern Cardinal
2Blue Grosbeak

July 2

1Little Blue Heron

July 1

2Common Tern
2Eastern Kingbird
1American Robin

June 30

5Mallard
20American Black Duck
1Osprey
1Song Sparrow

June 27

3Glossy Ibis