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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 15

77Canada Goose
3Blue-winged Teal
30American Wigeon
40American Black Duck
9Northern Pintail
1Mourning Dove
3Black-bellied Plover
1Killdeer
1Lesser Yellowlegs
70Willet
50Sanderling
9Laughing Gull
1American Herring Gull
3Caspian Tern
5Forster's Tern
8Royal Tern
11Pied-billed Grebe
28Double-crested Cormorant
30White Ibis
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
5Tricolored Heron
1Snowy Egret
15Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
1Osprey
1Belted Kingfisher
6Northern Mockingbird
3American Robin
6Red-winged Blackbird
3Boat-tailed Grackle
1Northern Cardinal

September 14

1Great Black-backed Gull
2Common Tern
1Green Heron
9Brown Pelican

September 13

2Mallard
6Rock Pigeon
2Semipalmated Sandpiper
2Turkey Vulture
1Bald Eagle
1Carolina Wren
1Common Grackle
2Clapper Rail
1Wilson's Snipe
2Lesser Black-backed Gull
1Little Blue Heron
2Northern Harrier

September 11

1Marbled Godwit
8Greater Yellowlegs
3Least Sandpiper
16Ring-billed Gull
3Black Skimmer
15European Starling
2Sandwich Tern