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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.

March 23

18Canada Goose
300Northern Shoveler
75Gadwall
20American Wigeon
8Mallard
15American Black Duck
20Green-winged Teal
40American Coot
1Black-necked Stilt
45American Avocet
1Lesser Yellowlegs
6Laughing Gull
8American Herring Gull
22Forster's Tern
1Common Tern
3Royal Tern
1Pied-billed Grebe
1Tricolored Heron
1Great Egret
21Brown Pelican
1Osprey
1Northern Harrier
2Dark-eyed Junco
1Red-winged Blackbird
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
6Killdeer
2Greater Yellowlegs
1Brown-headed Cowbird
1Northern Cardinal

March 22

2Sanderling
1Double-crested Cormorant
1White Ibis
1Fish Crow
1Barn Swallow
1Northern Mockingbird
3Boat-tailed Grackle
2Mourning Dove
10Willet
50Dunlin
5Least Sandpiper
15Ring-billed Gull
10Great Black-backed Gull
1Snowy Egret
1Turkey Vulture
1Gray Catbird
6Eastern Meadowlark
8Common Grackle

March 21

1Carolina Wren
2Northern Flicker
1Song Sparrow

March 20

2Great Blue Heron
6Bufflehead
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
1Red-throated Loon
9American White Pelican
1Brown Thrasher
1American Pipit