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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.

May 8

10Canada Goose
3American Black Duck
1Mourning Dove
3Black-necked Stilt
3Black-bellied Plover
3Killdeer
4Semipalmated Plover
7Short-billed Dowitcher
1Spotted Sandpiper
7Lesser Yellowlegs
2Willet
200Dunlin
200Least Sandpiper
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
5Laughing Gull
4American Herring Gull
4Least Tern
1Royal Tern
6Double-crested Cormorant
1Tricolored Heron
1Green Heron
4Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
8Brown Pelican
1Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1Belted Kingfisher
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1Fish Crow
2Barn Swallow
1Carolina Wren
8European Starling
1Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
1Seaside Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
8Eastern Meadowlark
2Red-winged Blackbird
2Brown-headed Cowbird
6Boat-tailed Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat
2Northern Cardinal
1Clapper Rail
1Solitary Sandpiper
7Greater Yellowlegs
1Snowy Egret

May 7

1Gadwall
22Black Skimmer
1Forster's Tern
1Sanderling
1Western Cattle-Egret

May 5

3Chimney Swift
1White-rumped Sandpiper
1Black Tern
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Northern Flicker
1Eastern Kingbird
2American Robin
1Song Sparrow
15Common Grackle
1Blue Grosbeak
1Indigo Bunting

May 4

1Ring-billed Gull
4Glossy Ibis
1Merlin
1Northern Harrier
1Bufflehead
1Ruddy Turnstone
2Gull-billed Tern

May 3

1White Ibis