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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 2

1American Oystercatcher
5Black-bellied Plover
2Semipalmated Plover
1Lesser Yellowlegs
4Willet
2Ruddy Turnstone
4Sanderling
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Great Black-backed Gull
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
1Little Blue Heron
2Turkey Vulture
1Bald Eagle

September 1

45Canada Goose
5American Black Duck
1Mourning Dove
3Clapper Rail
15American Avocet
5Marbled Godwit
5Short-billed Dowitcher
5Greater Yellowlegs
1Red Knot
40Least Sandpiper
55Laughing Gull
1Ring-billed Gull
10American Herring Gull
35Black Skimmer
1Least Tern
16Caspian Tern
2Black Tern
12Forster's Tern
65Royal Tern
35Double-crested Cormorant
12White Ibis
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
3Black-crowned Night Heron
18Tricolored Heron
6Snowy Egret
200Great Egret
5Great Blue Heron
80Brown Pelican
2Osprey
1Belted Kingfisher
1Northern Flicker
7Eastern Kingbird
1Barn Swallow
1Carolina Wren
2Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
6Seaside Sparrow
2Eastern Towhee
1Bobolink
8Red-winged Blackbird
40Boat-tailed Grackle
2Common Yellowthroat
1Northern Cardinal

August 31

20Rock Pigeon
1Mallard
1Glossy Ibis
5American Crow

August 30

1Northern Pintail
1Pectoral Sandpiper
4Common Tern
2Sandwich Tern
1Cooper's Hawk
12European Starling
1House Finch
1Song Sparrow