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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.

December 30

20Tundra Swan
1Northern Shoveler
3Gadwall
1American Wigeon
3American Black Duck
25Bufflehead
1Great Black-backed Gull
100White Ibis
1American White Pelican
2Yellow-rumped Warbler
45Canada Goose
10Mallard
100Northern Pintail
1000Redhead
25Hooded Merganser
5Red-breasted Merganser
2Mourning Dove
5Willet
5Laughing Gull
50Ring-billed Gull
150Double-crested Cormorant
3Tricolored Heron
8Great Egret
3Great Blue Heron
35Brown Pelican
1Turkey Vulture
4Northern Harrier
1Northern Flicker
1Peregrine Falcon
1Northern Mockingbird
2Eastern Meadowlark
1Black-bellied Plover
3Snowy Egret
2Bald Eagle
8Song Sparrow
XGreater Yellowlegs
XAmerican Herring Gull
XBelted Kingfisher
10Green-winged Teal
60Greater Scaup
4Lesser Scaup
1American Coot
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
1Pied-billed Grebe
1Savannah Sparrow
3Red-winged Blackbird
1Boat-tailed Grackle

December 29

1Snow Goose
10Ruddy Duck
20American Avocet
52Black Scoter
1Northern Gannet
4Forster's Tern

December 28

1Blue-winged Teal
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Sharp-shinned Hawk
2American Kestrel
3Gray Catbird
1Swamp Sparrow
1American Robin
1Red-tailed Hawk
2Carolina Wren
2Common Grackle

December 26

1American Bittern
1Red-throated Loon

December 25

1Osprey