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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.

November 24

XTundra Swan
2Blue-winged Teal
4Northern Shoveler
4Gadwall
XAmerican Wigeon
2Mallard
50American Black Duck
XNorthern Pintail
4Redhead
2Ring-necked Duck
30Lesser Scaup
50Bufflehead
1Hooded Merganser
4Ring-billed Gull
11Pied-billed Grebe
XDouble-crested Cormorant
25White Ibis
1Tricolored Heron
2Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
30American White Pelican
4Brown Pelican
1Northern Harrier
1Gray Catbird
5Red-winged Blackbird
2Yellow-rumped Warbler
5Canada Goose
8Red-breasted Merganser
3Semipalmated Plover
70Dunlin
2Least Sandpiper
7American Herring Gull
6Great Black-backed Gull
5Northern Gannet
1Little Blue Heron
1Cooper's Hawk
2Belted Kingfisher
2Sedge Wren
1Carolina Wren
2Northern Mockingbird
4Song Sparrow

November 23

2American Coot
2Forster's Tern
1Royal Tern
1Snowy Egret
1Turkey Vulture
1Northern Flicker
1White-throated Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
1Eastern Meadowlark

November 22

70Black Scoter
4Bonaparte's Gull
1Bald Eagle
2Boat-tailed Grackle

November 21

8American Avocet
1Greater Yellowlegs
2Black-crowned Night Heron
1Eastern Phoebe
1American Robin

November 20

3Mourning Dove