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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.

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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 14

25Canada Goose
4Mallard
16American Black Duck
3Black-necked Stilt
3American Avocet
1Black-bellied Plover
3Killdeer
10Semipalmated Plover
1Marbled Godwit
5Short-billed Dowitcher
3Spotted Sandpiper
2Lesser Yellowlegs
2Willet
6Greater Yellowlegs
8Dunlin
12Least Sandpiper
3Pectoral Sandpiper
40Laughing Gull
8American Herring Gull
12Least Tern
1Caspian Tern
2Black Tern
4Forster's Tern
2Common Tern
2Sandwich Tern
6Royal Tern
6Double-crested Cormorant
30White Ibis
1Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
3Snowy Egret
45Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
25Brown Pelican
2Osprey
1Eastern Kingbird
1Fish Crow
2Carolina Wren
1European Starling
1Seaside Sparrow
3Song Sparrow
10Red-winged Blackbird
6Brown-headed Cowbird
15Boat-tailed Grackle
1Northern Cardinal

August 13

1Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)
1Mourning Dove
4American Oystercatcher
6Black Skimmer
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
6Black-crowned Night Heron
1Cooper's Hawk
1Belted Kingfisher
1Purple Martin
1Barn Swallow
2Marsh Wren
1Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
1Eastern Towhee
5Common Grackle
2Common Yellowthroat

August 10

1Clapper Rail
2Upland Sandpiper
3Stilt Sandpiper
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Gadwall
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Long-billed Dowitcher
1Sanderling
1Ring-billed Gull
1Great Black-backed Gull
2Cliff Swallow

August 9

1Ruddy Turnstone
6Northern Rough-winged Swallow