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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.

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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 31

4Canada Goose
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Willet
1Caspian Tern
2Royal Tern
1Double-crested Cormorant
30White Ibis
2Tricolored Heron
1Snowy Egret
18Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
1Osprey
1Belted Kingfisher
1Mallard
6American Black Duck
1Clapper Rail
9American Avocet
6Semipalmated Plover
2Greater Yellowlegs
1Laughing Gull
1Ring-billed Gull
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
1Glossy Ibis
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
1Eastern Kingbird
5American Crow
1Gray Catbird
2Northern Mockingbird
1Seaside Sparrow

August 30

4Mourning Dove
3Black-bellied Plover
2Red-winged Blackbird
1Northern Pintail
1American Oystercatcher
10Marbled Godwit
8Short-billed Dowitcher
5Sanderling
35Least Sandpiper
1Pectoral Sandpiper
21Semipalmated Sandpiper
2American Herring Gull
75Black Skimmer
5Black Tern
16Forster's Tern
4Common Tern
2Sandwich Tern
2Black-crowned Night Heron
2Little Blue Heron
40Brown Pelican
1Cooper's Hawk
8Barn Swallow
1Carolina Wren
12European Starling
1House Finch
1Song Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
45Boat-tailed Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat
1Northern Cardinal

August 28

1Black-necked Stilt
1Great Black-backed Gull
4Least Tern

August 26

2Killdeer
5Blue-winged Teal
2Gadwall