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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 21

5Canada Goose
1American Wigeon
10American Black Duck
5Black-necked Stilt
1Black-bellied Plover
50Short-billed Dowitcher
2Willet
1Greater Yellowlegs
25Dunlin
10Semipalmated Sandpiper
4Laughing Gull
8Least Tern
2Royal Tern
1Double-crested Cormorant
3Snowy Egret
1Great Egret
7Brown Pelican
2Great Crested Flycatcher
1Carolina Wren
2Red-winged Blackbird
1Common Grackle
2Boat-tailed Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat
1Northern Cardinal
1American Avocet
10Semipalmated Plover
2Red-necked Phalarope
25Black Skimmer
6Forster's Tern
2Common Tern
3Turkey Vulture
2Osprey
2Barn Swallow
1Killdeer
4Ruddy Turnstone
1Tricolored Heron
1Eastern Meadowlark
1Blue Grosbeak

May 20

12Gadwall
1Mourning Dove
5Lesser Yellowlegs
14Red Knot
2Stilt Sandpiper
1American Herring Gull
1Gray Catbird
3Brown-headed Cowbird

May 19

2Mallard
1Black Tern
150Sanderling
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Tree Swallow
2Brown Thrasher
1Northern Mockingbird
1Eastern Towhee

May 18

1Clapper Rail
1King Rail
5Least Sandpiper
5Great Blue Heron
3Blue Jay
2American Crow
1American Robin
20Cedar Waxwing
10Seaside Sparrow
2Song Sparrow
1Yellow Warbler

May 16

3Piping Plover
1Sandwich Tern
3White Ibis
1Spotted Sandpiper
3American Oystercatcher
1Ring-billed Gull
1Purple Martin
1Glossy Ibis
1Little Blue Heron
2Lesser Black-backed Gull

May 15

1Marbled Godwit
6White-rumped Sandpiper
2Pectoral Sandpiper
1Belted Kingfisher
2Fish Crow
2Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1American Redstart
1Indigo Bunting
1Eastern Kingbird