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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.

September 1

85Canada Goose
2Mallard
2American Black Duck
1Marbled Godwit
1Short-billed Dowitcher
8Least Sandpiper
21Laughing Gull
1Ring-billed Gull
1American Herring Gull
10Black Skimmer
4Caspian Tern
2Forster's Tern
1Common Tern
8Royal Tern
8Double-crested Cormorant
1Tricolored Heron
50Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
4Brown Pelican
1Belted Kingfisher
1Blue Jay
2Carolina Wren
25European Starling
1Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
36Red-winged Blackbird
22Common Grackle
2Boat-tailed Grackle
1Northern Cardinal

August 31

1Mourning Dove
1Lesser Yellowlegs
3Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Least Tern
2Pied-billed Grebe
4Snowy Egret
1Common Yellowthroat
3Black-bellied Plover
1Spotted Sandpiper
2Greater Yellowlegs
36White Ibis
4Yellow-crowned Night Heron
6Little Blue Heron
2Osprey
1Eastern Kingbird
1Fish Crow
1Eastern Towhee

August 30

3Black Tern

August 29

2American Redstart
1Northern Yellow Warbler

August 28

1Clapper Rail
9American Avocet
2American Oystercatcher
8Willet
12Sanderling
1Great Black-backed Gull
2Sandwich Tern
4Barn Swallow

August 27

1Roseate Tern