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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.

July 27

24Canada Goose
1American Black Duck
1Black-necked Stilt
4Spotted Sandpiper
1Willet
2Greater Yellowlegs
8Laughing Gull
2American Herring Gull
9Least Tern
1Black Tern
4Forster's Tern
30Double-crested Cormorant
6Tricolored Heron
7Great Egret
3Brown Pelican
2Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
2Tree Swallow
4Purple Martin
7Barn Swallow
1Marsh Wren
2Song Sparrow
4Red-winged Blackbird
2Boat-tailed Grackle
2Common Yellowthroat
1Northern Cardinal
2Mallard
1American Oystercatcher
1Ring-billed Gull
5Royal Tern
4White Ibis
5Little Blue Heron
3Snowy Egret
2Great Blue Heron
1Carolina Wren
2Northern Mockingbird
2House Finch
1Seaside Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
1Killdeer
1Common Tern
2Eastern Kingbird

July 26

4Mourning Dove
2Sandwich Tern
3Least Sandpiper
1Glossy Ibis
6European Starling

July 25

2Semipalmated Sandpiper

July 22

1Semipalmated Plover
25Marbled Godwit
3Short-billed Dowitcher
3Lesser Yellowlegs
2Stilt Sandpiper
150Black Skimmer