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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 11

11Canada Goose
1Bufflehead
5Black-necked Stilt
7Black-bellied Plover
1Killdeer
10Semipalmated Plover
3Short-billed Dowitcher
2Lesser Yellowlegs
6Willet
3Greater Yellowlegs
10Sanderling
100Dunlin
23Least Sandpiper
5Laughing Gull
5Double-crested Cormorant
2Tricolored Heron
1Snowy Egret
7Great Egret
3Brown Pelican
1Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
10Red-winged Blackbird
2Brown-headed Cowbird
1Common Yellowthroat

May 9

15American Black Duck
2Mourning Dove
1Spotted Sandpiper
2American Herring Gull
2Least Tern
2Royal Tern
1White Ibis
1Osprey
1American Crow
2Boat-tailed Grackle
1Ring-billed Gull
2Forster's Tern
2Purple Martin
1Eastern Meadowlark
2Common Grackle
2Northern Cardinal
7Black Skimmer
1Great Blue Heron
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1Barn Swallow
1Carolina Wren

May 8

2Blue-winged Teal
1Clapper Rail
2Solitary Sandpiper
25Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Belted Kingfisher
1Brown Thrasher
1American Robin
2Great Black-backed Gull
1Green Heron
1Seaside Sparrow
2Stilt Sandpiper
1Fish Crow
1Baltimore Oriole
1Turkey Vulture
8European Starling
1Eastern Towhee

May 7

1Gadwall
1Western Cattle-Egret

May 5

3Chimney Swift
1White-rumped Sandpiper
1Black Tern
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Northern Flicker
1Eastern Kingbird
1Song Sparrow
1Blue Grosbeak
1Indigo Bunting