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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.

November 29

32Tundra Swan
7Gadwall
16American Wigeon
61American Black Duck
1Northern Pintail
1Bufflehead
6Hooded Merganser
6Red-breasted Merganser
3Killdeer
2Ring-billed Gull
4American Herring Gull
18Northern Gannet
24Double-crested Cormorant
39White Ibis
1Black-crowned Night Heron
3Tricolored Heron
1Snowy Egret
4Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
7American White Pelican
14Brown Pelican
1Belted Kingfisher
1Sedge Wren
1Marsh Wren
1Carolina Wren
2Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
2American Goldfinch
1Nelson's Sparrow
6Song Sparrow
2Swamp Sparrow
4Eastern Towhee
6Eastern Meadowlark
72Red-winged Blackbird
16Yellow-rumped Warbler

November 28

11Canada Goose
3Laughing Gull
2Royal Tern
1American Kestrel

November 27

1Snow Goose
5Northern Shoveler
6Mallard
2Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)
100Green-winged Teal
10Redhead
3Ring-necked Duck
3White-winged Scoter
1Black-bellied Plover
10Short-billed Dowitcher
1Greater Yellowlegs
65Dunlin
1Bonaparte's Gull
2Great Black-backed Gull
1Forster's Tern
6Pied-billed Grebe
1Northern Harrier
2Bald Eagle
1Orange-crowned Warbler
1Northern Cardinal