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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.

July 21

20Canada Goose
5Black-necked Stilt
1Black-bellied Plover
1Killdeer
1Short-billed Dowitcher
1Spotted Sandpiper
4Lesser Yellowlegs
2Willet
2Semipalmated Sandpiper
8Laughing Gull
6Royal Tern
4Double-crested Cormorant
5Tricolored Heron
2Brown Pelican
1Eastern Towhee
3Red-winged Blackbird
5Boat-tailed Grackle

July 18

1Semipalmated Plover
1Marbled Godwit
2Greater Yellowlegs
3Black Skimmer
3Least Tern
7Forster's Tern
2Yellow-crowned Night Heron
5Great Egret
1Barn Swallow
1Northern Mockingbird
2Common Grackle
1Northern Cardinal
1American Black Duck
5Least Sandpiper
3American Herring Gull
4Great Black-backed Gull
2Black Tern
45White Ibis
2Snowy Egret
1Great Blue Heron
4Purple Martin
3Carolina Wren
4Gray Catbird
2Song Sparrow
2Common Yellowthroat
3Blue Grosbeak

July 17

1Gadwall
2Mourning Dove
6American Avocet
1Hudsonian Whimbrel
1Ruddy Turnstone
7Sanderling
1Dunlin
9Common Tern
1Roseate Tern
2Sandwich Tern
1Little Blue Heron
2Fish Crow
6European Starling
1Caspian Tern
1Seaside Sparrow
5American Oystercatcher
1Mallard
3House Finch

July 15

5Ring-billed Gull
1Turkey Vulture
3Osprey
9House Sparrow