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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.

September 13

50Canada Goose
9White Ibis
5Tricolored Heron
1Northern Mockingbird

September 12

10Blue-winged Teal
2Mallard
250American Black Duck
1Mourning Dove
2Clapper Rail
45American Avocet
2American Oystercatcher
6Black-bellied Plover
1American Golden-Plover
2Killdeer
10Semipalmated Plover
3Marbled Godwit
1Spotted Sandpiper
6Willet
2Greater Yellowlegs
1White-rumped Sandpiper
5Least Sandpiper
2Semipalmated Sandpiper
55Laughing Gull
2American Herring Gull
1Great Black-backed Gull
4Lesser Black-backed Gull
400Black Skimmer
10Caspian Tern
1Black Tern
22Forster's Tern
2Sandwich Tern
8Royal Tern
3Pied-billed Grebe
3Double-crested Cormorant
1Little Blue Heron
5Snowy Egret
4Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
80Brown Pelican
1Cooper's Hawk
1Peregrine Falcon
3Tree Swallow
5European Starling
2Red-winged Blackbird
1Common Grackle
80Boat-tailed Grackle

September 11

8Short-billed Dowitcher
1Red Knot
2Pectoral Sandpiper

September 10

1Green-winged Teal
3Ruddy Turnstone

September 7

3Sanderling