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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 2

46Canada Goose
2American Black Duck
1Clapper Rail
2Black-bellied Plover
1Semipalmated Plover
2Short-billed Dowitcher
2Willet
1Greater Yellowlegs
2Ruddy Turnstone
6Red Knot
3Sanderling
28Semipalmated Sandpiper
12Laughing Gull
8American Herring Gull
32Black Skimmer
12Least Tern
15Royal Tern
8White Ibis
2Tricolored Heron
2Snowy Egret
1Great Egret
3Brown Pelican
1Eastern Kingbird
1Gray Catbird
2Northern Mockingbird
10Seaside Sparrow
2Eastern Towhee
1Eastern Meadowlark
10Red-winged Blackbird
4Brown-headed Cowbird
6Common Grackle
2Boat-tailed Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat

May 31

1American Oystercatcher
2Forster's Tern
1Northern Pintail
1Killdeer
1Dunlin
1Ring-billed Gull
1Sandwich Tern
4Double-crested Cormorant
1Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1Barn Swallow
1Song Sparrow
1Gadwall
1Mourning Dove
1Hudsonian Whimbrel
1Red-necked Phalarope
1White-rumped Sandpiper
2Least Sandpiper
1Great Black-backed Gull
2Common Tern
1Little Blue Heron
1Carolina Wren
1Northern Cardinal
1Blue Grosbeak

May 30

1American Wigeon
1Red-breasted Merganser

May 29

6American Avocet
2Piping Plover
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Black-necked Stilt

May 28

1Mallard