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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 27

2American Black Duck
1Mourning Dove
1Willet
1Ruddy Turnstone
1American Herring Gull
6Least Tern
2Great Egret
2Barn Swallow
5Seaside Sparrow
2Eastern Towhee
4Common Yellowthroat
20Canada Goose
2Laughing Gull
2Double-crested Cormorant
4White Ibis
1Northern Mockingbird
1Eastern Meadowlark
1Red-winged Blackbird
3Boat-tailed Grackle

May 26

2Clapper Rail
3Short-billed Dowitcher
1Greater Yellowlegs
2Tricolored Heron
2Brown Pelican

May 25

8Black-bellied Plover
2Killdeer
35Semipalmated Plover
8Red Knot
12Sanderling
1Dunlin
1Least Sandpiper
57Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Great Black-backed Gull
4Black Skimmer
1Caspian Tern
3Forster's Tern
1Common Tern
1Sandwich Tern
2Royal Tern
1Snowy Egret
1Great Blue Heron
2Osprey
1Eastern Kingbird
1American Crow
2European Starling
1Gray Catbird
1Brown-headed Cowbird
1Northern Cardinal