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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 29

5Canada Goose
45Northern Shoveler
65Gadwall
8American Wigeon
24American Black Duck
10Green-winged Teal
3Bufflehead
1Mourning Dove
52American Coot
1Black-necked Stilt
2Lesser Yellowlegs
12Laughing Gull
10Ring-billed Gull
15American Herring Gull
1Great Black-backed Gull
9Forster's Tern
2Pied-billed Grebe
17Double-crested Cormorant
18White Ibis
1Tricolored Heron
1Snowy Egret
8Great Egret
1Northern Harrier
2Red-winged Blackbird
12Blue-winged Teal
35Northern Pintail
20Red-breasted Merganser
2Common Gallinule
3Killdeer
2Willet
10Greater Yellowlegs
3Sanderling
12Dunlin
2Bonaparte's Gull
2Lesser Black-backed Gull
1Turkey Vulture
2Barn Swallow
1Gray Catbird
10Common Grackle

March 27

XGreat Blue Heron
XEastern Meadowlark
1Black-bellied Plover
1Royal Tern
1Northern Flicker
3Northern Mockingbird
1Eastern Towhee
2Boat-tailed Grackle
6Short-billed Dowitcher
1Brown Pelican
1Carolina Wren
1Song Sparrow