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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.

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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 17

4Canada Goose
15American Black Duck
4Mourning Dove
2Black-necked Stilt
2Killdeer
4Semipalmated Plover
1Marbled Godwit
5Short-billed Dowitcher
25Lesser Yellowlegs
15Least Sandpiper
35Laughing Gull
8Black Skimmer
50Least Tern
6Caspian Tern
15Common Tern
8Sandwich Tern
20Royal Tern
25Double-crested Cormorant
1White Ibis
1Black-crowned Night Heron
3Tricolored Heron
3Snowy Egret
8Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
15Brown Pelican
6Eastern Kingbird
6Purple Martin
15Barn Swallow
2Carolina Wren
5European Starling
1Gray Catbird
1Brown Thrasher
4Northern Mockingbird
3Eastern Meadowlark
25Red-winged Blackbird
4Boat-tailed Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat

August 16

2American Oystercatcher
12Black-bellied Plover
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Willet
1American Herring Gull
3Black Tern
12Forster's Tern
1Gadwall
1Mallard
1Clapper Rail
1Stilt Sandpiper
1Osprey
1Marsh Wren
2Seaside Sparrow
1Northern Cardinal
6Greater Yellowlegs
2Pectoral Sandpiper
27Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Little Blue Heron

August 15

1Belted Kingfisher

August 14

1Glossy Ibis
1Western Cattle-Egret
3American Avocet
8Dunlin
1Fish Crow
3Song Sparrow
6Brown-headed Cowbird

August 13

1Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
1Cooper's Hawk
1Eastern Towhee
5Common Grackle