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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.

May 3

1Canada Goose
1Mallard
10American Black Duck
3Mourning Dove
4Clapper Rail
2American Oystercatcher
5Black-bellied Plover
2Killdeer
1Semipalmated Plover
1Piping Plover
1Short-billed Dowitcher
1Solitary Sandpiper
4Lesser Yellowlegs
2Willet
5Greater Yellowlegs
3Ruddy Turnstone
7Sanderling
21Dunlin
38Least Sandpiper
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
40Laughing Gull
3Ring-billed Gull
17American Herring Gull
2Great Black-backed Gull
25Least Tern
2Caspian Tern
14Forster's Tern
6Common Tern
3Sandwich Tern
85Royal Tern
2500Double-crested Cormorant
10White Ibis
1American Bittern
3Tricolored Heron
12Snowy Egret
31Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
40Brown Pelican
1Turkey Vulture
2Osprey
1Bald Eagle
1Belted Kingfisher
1Peregrine Falcon
6Barn Swallow
1Marsh Wren
1Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
12Seaside Sparrow
4Eastern Meadowlark
60Red-winged Blackbird
5Common Grackle
2Boat-tailed Grackle
2Common Yellowthroat

May 1

1Black-necked Stilt
2Black Skimmer
1Song Sparrow

April 30

1Northern Harrier

April 28

1White-eyed Vireo
1Sedge Wren