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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.

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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 11

5Canada Goose
7American Black Duck
1Clapper Rail
3Short-billed Dowitcher
1Willet
6Sanderling
10Laughing Gull
1Ring-billed Gull
1American Herring Gull
1Caspian Tern
1Forster's Tern
1Common Tern
16Double-crested Cormorant
1Little Blue Heron
9Tricolored Heron
14Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
3Brown Pelican
1Osprey
1Eastern Kingbird
8Barn Swallow
4Carolina Wren
10European Starling
6Northern Mockingbird
3Eastern Meadowlark
5Red-winged Blackbird
1Boat-tailed Grackle
2Common Yellowthroat
1Northern Cardinal
3Snowy Egret

August 10

1Eurasian Collared-Dove
1Black-bellied Plover
1Semipalmated Plover
1Hudsonian Whimbrel
2Spotted Sandpiper
1Least Sandpiper
1Least Tern
1Black Tern
1Royal Tern
3Gray Catbird
1House Sparrow
1Common Grackle
1Sandwich Tern
1Mourning Dove
1Killdeer
3Greater Yellowlegs
6Semipalmated Sandpiper
3Great Black-backed Gull
2Black Skimmer
7White Ibis
1Belted Kingfisher
1Eastern Towhee

August 9

1Common Gallinule

August 8

1Mallard
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Black-crowned Night Heron
2Purple Martin
1Solitary Sandpiper

August 7

1Orchard Oriole
1Swallow-tailed Kite

August 5

4Marbled Godwit
1Ruddy Turnstone