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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.

October 16

2Mallard ✓
2American Black Duck ✓
5Green-winged Teal ✓
10Marbled Godwit ✓
1Long-billed Dowitcher ✓
1Caspian Tern ✓
104White Ibis ✓
3Black-crowned Night Heron ✓
11Great Egret ✓
4Great Blue Heron ✓
100Northern Pintail ✓
1Clapper Rail ✓
1Short-billed Dowitcher ✓
1Greater Yellowlegs ✓
1American Herring Gull ✓
20Double-crested Cormorant ✓
1Little Blue Heron ✓
1Tricolored Heron ✓
22American White Pelican ✓
2Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Peregrine Falcon ✓
22Tree Swallow ✓
5Barn Swallow ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
10Red-winged Blackbird ✓
12Common Grackle ✓
1Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓
1Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Killdeer ✓
1Osprey ✓
3Northern Harrier ✓
45Canada Goose ✓
1Ring-billed Gull ✓
1Pied-billed Grebe ✓
3Brown Pelican ✓

October 15

4Gadwall ✓
3Black-bellied Plover ✓
2Semipalmated Plover ✓
3Willet ✓
2Sanderling ✓
6Laughing Gull ✓
1Great Black-backed Gull ✓
2Forster's Tern ✓
4Royal Tern ✓
7Snowy Egret ✓
4Turkey Vulture ✓
1Bald Eagle ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
1Sedge Wren ✓
2Marsh Wren ✓
1Carolina Wren ✓
1Gray Catbird ✓
3Savannah Sparrow ✓
1Eastern Towhee ✓
3Eastern Meadowlark ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
2Common Tern ✓

October 13

1Merlin ✓