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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 26

7Canada Goose
1Mallard
3Black-necked Stilt
3Willet
3Laughing Gull
3Least Tern
3Double-crested Cormorant
6Tricolored Heron
1Snowy Egret
1Great Blue Heron
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
1Seaside Sparrow
1Eastern Meadowlark
5Red-winged Blackbird
30American Black Duck
2Mourning Dove
4American Avocet
2Black-bellied Plover
4Killdeer
50Semipalmated Plover
9Short-billed Dowitcher
2Greater Yellowlegs
40Dunlin
100Semipalmated Sandpiper
7Black Skimmer
1Royal Tern
3Brown Pelican
1Osprey
1Boat-tailed Grackle
2Common Yellowthroat
1Rock Pigeon
4Clapper Rail
1Lesser Yellowlegs
2Sanderling
2White-rumped Sandpiper
3Least Sandpiper
2Forster's Tern
2Great Egret
1Eastern Kingbird
1Eastern Towhee
1Brown-headed Cowbird
5Common Grackle
1Northern Cardinal

May 25

1Red Knot
1American Herring Gull
2Little Blue Heron
2Purple Martin
4Barn Swallow
1Gray Catbird

May 24

1Sandwich Tern
1Green Heron
2Ruddy Turnstone
1Gull-billed Tern
3Common Tern
1Blue Grosbeak
1Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)
2Marbled Godwit
2Red-necked Phalarope
2Stilt Sandpiper
1Great Black-backed Gull
1Fish Crow
2European Starling
1House Finch

May 23

5White Ibis
2Song Sparrow
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Black-crowned Night Heron

May 21

1Roseate Tern
1Piping Plover

May 20

1Ring-billed Gull
2Caspian Tern
1White-eyed Vireo