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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.

August 3

17Canada Goose
3Mourning Dove
8Laughing Gull
1Black Tern
1Royal Tern
5Double-crested Cormorant
12Great Egret
2Brown Pelican
1Eastern Kingbird
4Purple Martin
1Carolina Wren
16European Starling
1Gray Catbird
3Northern Mockingbird
2Eastern Meadowlark
2Red-winged Blackbird
3Boat-tailed Grackle
2Northern Cardinal

August 2

1Rock Pigeon
2Spotted Sandpiper
1Pectoral Sandpiper
1American Herring Gull
1Forster's Tern
2Tricolored Heron
1Snowy Egret
1Barn Swallow
1Common Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat
1Blue Grosbeak
1American Black Duck
2Clapper Rail
1Short-billed Dowitcher
3Least Tern
3White Ibis
1Great Blue Heron
1Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Black-necked Stilt
2Black-bellied Plover
1Hudsonian Whimbrel
3Marbled Godwit
6Lesser Yellowlegs
2Willet
4Greater Yellowlegs
3Ruddy Turnstone
19Sanderling
2Dunlin
3Least Sandpiper
3Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Ring-billed Gull
3Lesser Black-backed Gull
1Caspian Tern
2Common Tern
3Pied-billed Grebe
1Cory's Shearwater
1Little Blue Heron
1Brown Thrasher
1House Finch

July 31

1Gadwall
1Belted Kingfisher
1Fish Crow

July 29

1Eastern Towhee