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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.

April 18

5Canada Goose
1Mallard
2American Black Duck
1Green-winged Teal
1Common Gallinule
27American Avocet
2Black-bellied Plover
3Killdeer
2Semipalmated Plover
1Piping Plover
1Hudsonian Whimbrel
1Long-billed Dowitcher
1Wilson's Snipe
2Lesser Yellowlegs
5Willet
16Greater Yellowlegs
1Dunlin
13Laughing Gull
2Ring-billed Gull
5American Herring Gull
2Caspian Tern
2Forster's Tern
12Royal Tern
5Great Egret
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
2American Crow
4Purple Martin
3Barn Swallow
1Gray Catbird
1Brown Thrasher
3Northern Mockingbird
2American Robin
5House Finch
3Song Sparrow
3Eastern Meadowlark
17Red-winged Blackbird
5Boat-tailed Grackle
3Common Yellowthroat
2Northern Cardinal

April 17

1Double-crested Cormorant
1Fish Crow
1Carolina Wren
1Seaside Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
1Blue Grosbeak
4Gadwall
4American Wigeon
1Clapper Rail
20American Coot
1Black-necked Stilt
2Western Sandpiper
10White Ibis
1Tricolored Heron
4Brown Pelican
1Northern Harrier
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
2Snowy Egret
1Turkey Vulture
1Saltmarsh Sparrow
2Common Grackle

April 15

1Mourning Dove
1Pectoral Sandpiper
1Great Blue Heron

April 14

2American Oystercatcher
5Short-billed Dowitcher
1American Bittern
1Black-crowned Night Heron
5Little Blue Heron
2Osprey
1Bald Eagle

April 13

2Sandwich Tern
1Eastern Phoebe
5Marbled Godwit
3Great Black-backed Gull
2Brown-headed Cowbird

April 12

1Black Skimmer