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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.

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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.

June 9

7American Black Duck
3Laughing Gull
2Least Tern
1Royal Tern
3Double-crested Cormorant
7White Ibis
1Tricolored Heron
5Snowy Egret
2Great Egret
2Barn Swallow
2Northern Mockingbird
2Red-winged Blackbird
1Common Yellowthroat

June 8

8Canada Goose
2Mourning Dove
8Black-necked Stilt
4Willet
1Black Skimmer
1Forster's Tern
6Boat-tailed Grackle
1Black-bellied Plover
1Killdeer
2Dunlin
2Brown Pelican
1Eastern Meadowlark
1Great Crested Flycatcher
2American Avocet
2Mallard
10Semipalmated Plover
4Greater Yellowlegs
3American Herring Gull
2Glossy Ibis
2Carolina Wren
2Brown-headed Cowbird
3Northern Cardinal
1Short-billed Dowitcher
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Seaside Sparrow
2Gadwall
1Virginia Rail
1Sanderling
1White-rumped Sandpiper
1Great Black-backed Gull
1Caspian Tern
2Black-crowned Night Heron
3Great Blue Heron
2Gray Catbird
1Eastern Towhee
15Common Grackle
1Blue Grosbeak

June 7

1Osprey
1Garganey
1Clapper Rail
1Fish Crow
1Least Sandpiper
1Tree Swallow
2Purple Martin
2European Starling
2House Finch
1Northern Pintail
2American Oystercatcher
1Black Tern
2Brown Thrasher

June 6

1Ring-billed Gull

June 5

1Northern Shoveler
2Eastern Kingbird
1King Rail
1Common Tern
1Sandwich Tern
1Little Blue Heron
2Ruddy Turnstone
2Turkey Vulture
1American Robin
1Lesser Yellowlegs

June 4

1Chuck-will's-widow