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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--North Pond Wildlife Trail

Only the most recent report per species is shown. Some reports may be pending verification.

January 20

63Canada Goose
300Tundra Swan
2Blue-winged Teal
32Northern Shoveler
13Gadwall
5American Wigeon
1Mallard
5Northern Pintail
85Green-winged Teal
37Bufflehead
5Hooded Merganser
2Red-breasted Merganser
21Ruddy Duck
16American Coot
150American Avocet
2American Herring Gull
1Great Black-backed Gull
7Forster's Tern
2Pied-billed Grebe
14Double-crested Cormorant
6White Ibis
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Great Egret
5Great Blue Heron
12American White Pelican
1Brown Pelican
1Cooper's Hawk
1Bald Eagle
2Belted Kingfisher
1Peregrine Falcon
1Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
2Savannah Sparrow
2Eastern Meadowlark
1Red-winged Blackbird
5Boat-tailed Grackle
9Yellow-rumped Warbler
12American Black Duck
20Ring-billed Gull
1Tricolored Heron
1Turkey Vulture
1Northern Harrier

January 19

90Northern Gannet
1American Kestrel
39Snow Goose
4Greater Scaup
1Lesser Scaup
1American Bittern
1Snowy Egret
2American Pipit

January 17

5Laughing Gull
1Northern Cardinal
2Bonaparte's Gull
1Ring-necked Duck
1Mourning Dove
1Wilson's Snipe
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
1Sedge Wren
1White-throated Sparrow
3Song Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
1Common Yellowthroat
1Swamp Sparrow

January 16

20Redhead
25Black Scoter
1Red-throated Loon

January 14

3Clapper Rail
6Sanderling
1Parasitic Jaeger
1Northern Flicker
2Carolina Wren
3American Robin