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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 19

33Canada Goose
2Mourning Dove
3American Oystercatcher
1Black-bellied Plover
4Killdeer
10Semipalmated Plover
10Short-billed Dowitcher
11Willet
2Greater Yellowlegs
5Ruddy Turnstone
4Sanderling
15Dunlin
2White-rumped Sandpiper
7Least Sandpiper
18Semipalmated Sandpiper
18Laughing Gull
3American Herring Gull
22Least Tern
1Sandwich Tern
1Royal Tern
2Double-crested Cormorant
10White Ibis
1Great Egret
4Brown Pelican
1Turkey Vulture
1Eastern Kingbird
2Barn Swallow
2Northern Mockingbird
4Seaside Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
1Eastern Meadowlark
10Red-winged Blackbird
10Boat-tailed Grackle
2Common Yellowthroat

May 18

1Gadwall
2Mallard
4American Black Duck
1Black-necked Stilt
3Lesser Yellowlegs
1Caspian Tern
1Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
1Snowy Egret
1Tree Swallow
2Purple Martin
2Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
1Eastern Towhee
2Brown-headed Cowbird
1Northern Cardinal
1Blue Grosbeak
1Osprey
1White-eyed Vireo
1Marsh Wren
1Common Grackle
1Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)
3Clapper Rail
1Piping Plover
1Ring-billed Gull
2Black Skimmer
6Forster's Tern
1Common Tern
1Great Blue Heron
2Bobolink