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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.

February 10

4Canada Goose
20Tundra Swan
6Northern Shoveler
17Gadwall
4American Wigeon
8Mallard
2American Black Duck
12Northern Pintail
3Green-winged Teal
10Bufflehead
6Hooded Merganser
2Red-breasted Merganser
20Ring-billed Gull
3American Herring Gull
1Black-crowned Night Heron
3Great Blue Heron
80American White Pelican
1Northern Harrier
1Gray Catbird
1American Pipit
1Red-winged Blackbird
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
3American Coot
10American Avocet
2Greater Yellowlegs
5Pied-billed Grebe
10Double-crested Cormorant
2White Ibis
3Brown Pelican
2Northern Mockingbird
4Eastern Meadowlark

February 9

15Snow Goose
1American Kestrel
1Eastern Phoebe
5Dunlin
1Western Sandpiper
8Bonaparte's Gull
1Great Black-backed Gull
2Lesser Black-backed Gull
2Forster's Tern
1American Bittern
5Turkey Vulture
1Bald Eagle
2Marsh Wren
1Carolina Wren
1Dark-eyed Junco
2Song Sparrow
5Swamp Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
30Boat-tailed Grackle
2Northern Cardinal

February 7

2Blue-winged Teal
3Greater Scaup
1Black-bellied Plover
25Short-billed Dowitcher
5Long-billed Dowitcher
1Tricolored Heron
1Cooper's Hawk
4Ruddy Duck
1Horned Grebe
1Snowy Egret
3Savannah Sparrow

February 6

1Belted Kingfisher
1Little Blue Heron
1Great Egret
1American Robin

February 5

1Peregrine Falcon