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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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By becoming a member, you support the activities of the Club, receive reduced registration fee for meetings, can participate in bonus field trips, and receive our publications.

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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.

September 21

11Canada Goose
1Mourning Dove
3American Herring Gull
1Caspian Tern
8Double-crested Cormorant
1American Bittern
42Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
2Gray Catbird
2Northern Mockingbird
3Boat-tailed Grackle
1Northern Cardinal

September 20

10Mallard
6American Black Duck
1Black-bellied Plover
1Willet
10Least Sandpiper
2Laughing Gull
1Ring-billed Gull
2Lesser Black-backed Gull
4Brown Pelican
2Osprey
1American Kestrel
6Common Grackle

September 19

18Northern Pintail
1Lesser Yellowlegs
7Royal Tern
25White Ibis
1Green Heron

September 18

6Blue-winged Teal
20Gadwall
2American Wigeon
2Clapper Rail
1Killdeer
1Marbled Godwit
1Greater Yellowlegs
3Dunlin
6Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Great Black-backed Gull
6Black Tern
1Forster's Tern
3Pied-billed Grebe
1Little Blue Heron
3Snowy Egret
1Belted Kingfisher
1Carolina Wren
4European Starling
2Red-winged Blackbird