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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.

May 30

32Canada Goose
1American Wigeon
1Red-breasted Merganser
1Mourning Dove
1Clapper Rail
1Black-necked Stilt
1American Oystercatcher
4Black-bellied Plover
1Killdeer
9Semipalmated Plover
2Hudsonian Whimbrel
11Short-billed Dowitcher
18Willet
1Greater Yellowlegs
8Ruddy Turnstone
4Red Knot
1Dunlin
1White-rumped Sandpiper
15Least Sandpiper
67Semipalmated Sandpiper
16Laughing Gull
1Ring-billed Gull
1American Herring Gull
1Great Black-backed Gull
8Least Tern
3Royal Tern
2Double-crested Cormorant
1White Ibis
2Tricolored Heron
4Great Egret
14Brown Pelican
7Barn Swallow
3Seaside Sparrow
2Song Sparrow
3Eastern Meadowlark
14Red-winged Blackbird
1Brown-headed Cowbird
5Boat-tailed Grackle
2Common Yellowthroat

May 29

6American Avocet
2Piping Plover
2Black Skimmer
2Blue Grosbeak
2American Black Duck
3Sanderling
1Snowy Egret
1Turkey Vulture
1Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Carolina Wren

May 28

1Common Tern
1Mallard

May 27

2Eastern Towhee

May 25

1Caspian Tern
3Forster's Tern
1Sandwich Tern
1Great Blue Heron
2Osprey
1Eastern Kingbird
1American Crow
2European Starling
1Northern Cardinal