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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.

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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 7

12Canada Goose
1American Black Duck
1Mourning Dove
2Black-necked Stilt
2Short-billed Dowitcher
4Lesser Yellowlegs
7Willet
1Greater Yellowlegs
3Stilt Sandpiper
8Laughing Gull
2Black Skimmer
2Royal Tern
9Double-crested Cormorant
7White Ibis
1Black-crowned Night Heron
8Great Egret
1Barn Swallow
1Marsh Wren
2Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
2Seaside Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
2Red-winged Blackbird
4Boat-tailed Grackle
3Common Yellowthroat
1Gadwall
6Rock Pigeon
6Clapper Rail
6Semipalmated Plover
10Marbled Godwit
2Sanderling
22Least Sandpiper
2Ring-billed Gull
2American Herring Gull
1Great Black-backed Gull
2Least Tern
15Caspian Tern
1Black Tern
5Forster's Tern
12Common Tern
2Sandwich Tern
2Little Blue Heron
40Tricolored Heron
10Snowy Egret
3Great Blue Heron
25Brown Pelican
3Eastern Kingbird
2Eastern Towhee
1Eastern Meadowlark
3Common Grackle
1Northern Cardinal
1Blue Grosbeak

August 6

1Killdeer
13Pectoral Sandpiper
2Lesser Black-backed Gull
8Brown-headed Cowbird

August 5

1American Oystercatcher
1Black-bellied Plover
1Hudsonian Whimbrel
2Spotted Sandpiper
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Glossy Ibis
5Purple Martin
2European Starling
2House Sparrow

August 4

2Mallard
2Green Heron
1Western Cattle-Egret

August 3

1Osprey

August 2

2Long-billed Dowitcher
1Solitary Sandpiper
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
2House Finch