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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.

June 8

10Canada Goose
1Killdeer
3Short-billed Dowitcher
1Ruddy Turnstone
3Laughing Gull
3Least Tern
1Royal Tern
2White Ibis
1Snowy Egret
2Eastern Kingbird
2Barn Swallow
1Northern Mockingbird
3Red-winged Blackbird
1Northern Cardinal

June 7

1American Black Duck
1Black-necked Stilt
2Willet
2Double-crested Cormorant
3Great Egret
3Brown Pelican
2Seaside Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
6Boat-tailed Grackle

June 6

1Semipalmated Plover
1White-rumped Sandpiper
5Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Tricolored Heron
1Common Yellowthroat

June 5

1Gadwall
1Clapper Rail
17American Avocet
3Black-bellied Plover
3Hudsonian Whimbrel
3Greater Yellowlegs
1Least Sandpiper
1American Herring Gull
24Black Skimmer
1Eastern Meadowlark
1Blue Grosbeak
2Common Tern
2Great Black-backed Gull
1Osprey

June 3

1American Oystercatcher
1Spotted Sandpiper
3Forster's Tern
1Sandwich Tern
1Eastern Towhee
2Brown-headed Cowbird
1Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)
1Mourning Dove
1Red Knot
12Sanderling
1Caspian Tern
1European Starling
2Gray Catbird
3Common Grackle
1Indigo Bunting