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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.

August 26

2Canada Goose
2American Black Duck
2American Oystercatcher
1Black-bellied Plover
2Killdeer
4Willet
1Greater Yellowlegs
2Laughing Gull
1American Herring Gull
6Caspian Tern
4Royal Tern
25White Ibis
2Tricolored Heron
5Snowy Egret
10Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
4Brown Pelican
2Boat-tailed Grackle

August 25

2Mourning Dove
1Clapper Rail
5Semipalmated Plover
1Hudsonian Whimbrel
1Marbled Godwit
1Short-billed Dowitcher
1Lesser Yellowlegs
3Sanderling
12Least Sandpiper
5Semipalmated Sandpiper
4Ring-billed Gull
2Forster's Tern
3Sandwich Tern
1Little Blue Heron
1Osprey
2American Crow
1Northern Mockingbird
2Great Black-backed Gull
1Common Tern
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Black-necked Stilt
1Mallard
2American Avocet
1Spotted Sandpiper
3Least Tern
1Marsh Wren
2Gull-billed Tern
1Red-winged Blackbird
1Belted Kingfisher
2Eastern Kingbird

August 23

5Long-billed Dowitcher
1Black Skimmer
5Glossy Ibis
1Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird