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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.

March 26

2Canada Goose
7Gadwall
36Green-winged Teal
2Redhead
1Greater Scaup
1Bufflehead
3Sanderling
2Ring-billed Gull
6American Herring Gull
4Great Black-backed Gull
2Lesser Black-backed Gull
125Double-crested Cormorant
1Great Blue Heron
1Red-winged Blackbird
1Boat-tailed Grackle
1Black-bellied Plover
1Killdeer
1Greater Yellowlegs
1Laughing Gull
1Tricolored Heron
4Snowy Egret
4Great Egret
35Brown Pelican
3Northern Mockingbird
3American Robin
1American Goldfinch
1Seaside Sparrow
2Song Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
2Eastern Meadowlark
25Common Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat
8American Wigeon
35American Black Duck
1Northern Pintail
40Red-breasted Merganser
4Mourning Dove
3Clapper Rail
1Black-necked Stilt
1Hudsonian Whimbrel
8Willet
45Dunlin
2Bonaparte's Gull
1Caspian Tern
25Forster's Tern
10Royal Tern
1Pied-billed Grebe
12Red-throated Loon
8Common Loon
1Sooty Shearwater
35Northern Gannet
50White Ibis
28American White Pelican
2Osprey
1Northern Harrier
1Bald Eagle
2Belted Kingfisher
1Eastern Phoebe
2Fish Crow
2Sedge Wren
1Gray Catbird
1Brown Thrasher
3Savannah Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
8Brown-headed Cowbird
10Yellow-rumped Warbler
2Northern Cardinal