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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.

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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.

August 4

7Canada Goose
1Tundra Swan
2Mallard
1Clapper Rail
1Black-necked Stilt
1Semipalmated Plover
1Short-billed Dowitcher
18Lesser Yellowlegs
32Greater Yellowlegs
125Least Sandpiper
25Laughing Gull
12Black Skimmer
25Least Tern
1Caspian Tern
6Forster's Tern
4Common Tern
1Royal Tern
30Double-crested Cormorant
5Little Blue Heron
3Tricolored Heron
100Snowy Egret
2Green Heron
1Western Cattle-Egret
3Great Egret
6Great Blue Heron
14Brown Pelican
6Marsh Wren
2Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
6Seaside Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
10Eastern Towhee
10Red-winged Blackbird
35Boat-tailed Grackle
34Common Yellowthroat

August 2

1American Black Duck
1Hudsonian Whimbrel
2Long-billed Dowitcher
4Willet
5Stilt Sandpiper
1American Herring Gull
1Black Tern
7White Ibis
1Purple Martin
1Mourning Dove
5Black-bellied Plover
6Marbled Godwit
2Spotted Sandpiper
1Solitary Sandpiper
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Ring-billed Gull
1Great Black-backed Gull
2Sandwich Tern
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Osprey
1Eastern Kingbird
2House Finch
2Eastern Meadowlark
5Common Grackle
1Northern Cardinal
2Blue Grosbeak

August 1

1Killdeer
6European Starling
1Bald Eagle
18Barn Swallow

July 31

5American Avocet
1Gull-billed Tern