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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.

July 22

15Canada Goose
1Mallard
3American Black Duck
2Mourning Dove
3Black-necked Stilt
1Black-bellied Plover
1Semipalmated Plover
8Willet
5Dunlin
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
8Laughing Gull
3Least Tern
1Royal Tern
3Double-crested Cormorant
5White Ibis
3Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
14Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
2Brown Pelican
1Tree Swallow
2Purple Martin
1Barn Swallow
4Red-winged Blackbird
4Boat-tailed Grackle

July 21

1Gadwall
1Spotted Sandpiper
3Least Sandpiper
1Caspian Tern
8Snowy Egret
1Clapper Rail
1American Oystercatcher
3Killdeer
3Short-billed Dowitcher
5Lesser Yellowlegs
1Ruddy Turnstone
2Sanderling
1American Herring Gull
2Forster's Tern
1Northern Mockingbird
1Northern Cardinal
12American Avocet
2Greater Yellowlegs
1Stilt Sandpiper
2White-rumped Sandpiper
1Pectoral Sandpiper
2Sandwich Tern
1Great Horned Owl
1Marsh Wren
2Seaside Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
1Common Yellowthroat
6Marbled Godwit
1Ring-billed Gull
1Black Skimmer
2Black Tern
3Common Tern
1Osprey

July 20

4Western Sandpiper
1Great Black-backed Gull
1Black-crowned Night Heron
2Eastern Kingbird
3Gray Catbird
1Eastern Meadowlark
1Blue Grosbeak
1Gull-billed Tern
2Carolina Wren
2House Finch
5Common Grackle