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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.

October 14

100Canada Goose ✓
200Northern Pintail ✓
3Double-crested Cormorant ✓
1White Ibis ✓
30American White Pelican ✓
2Boat-tailed Grackle ✓

October 13

7Gadwall ✓
16American Black Duck ✓
2Marbled Godwit ✓
2Greater Yellowlegs ✓
2Laughing Gull ✓
3Caspian Tern ✓
2Forster's Tern ✓
4Royal Tern ✓
3Tricolored Heron ✓
3Snowy Egret ✓
37Great Egret ✓
3Great Blue Heron ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
1Bald Eagle ✓
50American Wigeon ✓
1Pied-billed Grebe ✓
2Osprey ✓
2Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Peregrine Falcon ✓
1European Starling ✓
2Gray Catbird ✓
7Northern Mockingbird ✓
1American Goldfinch ✓
1Eastern Towhee ✓
2Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
1Northern Cardinal ✓
2Blue-winged Teal ✓
3American Avocet ✓
5Willet ✓
2Black-crowned Night Heron ✓
1Northern Harrier ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
1Red-winged Blackbird ✓
3Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓

October 12

12Northern Shoveler ✓
1American Herring Gull ✓
1Merlin ✓

October 11

1Ruddy Duck ✓
2Clapper Rail ✓
1Least Sandpiper ✓
3Ring-billed Gull ✓
1Sandwich Tern ✓
2Brown Pelican ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
1Eastern Meadowlark ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓
2Mallard ✓
2Stilt Sandpiper ✓
1Great Black-backed Gull ✓
1Little Blue Heron ✓
3Black-bellied Plover ✓
1White-eyed Vireo ✓
1Red-eyed Vireo ✓
1Brown Creeper ✓
1Tennessee Warbler ✓
1Nashville Warbler ✓
3American Redstart ✓
2Cape May Warbler ✓
1Northern Parula ✓
4Blackpoll Warbler ✓
1Prairie Warbler ✓
1Indigo Bunting ✓
3Sanderling ✓
1Semipalmated Plover ✓
1American Bittern ✓
4Carolina Wren ✓
2Savannah Sparrow ✓
1Song Sparrow ✓

October 10

2Mourning Dove ✓
1Killdeer ✓
1Lesser Black-backed Gull ✓
10Tree Swallow ✓
1Barn Swallow ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
1Wood Duck ✓
2American Coot ✓
1Sedge Wren ✓
1Common Grackle ✓
1Gray Flycatcher ✓

October 9

2Green-winged Teal ✓
1Marsh Wren ✓
1Seaside Sparrow ✓
1Swamp Sparrow ✓
2Blue Grosbeak ✓