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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.

June 30

4Canada Goose
2Black-necked Stilt
1Killdeer
4Willet
2Laughing Gull
1Least Tern
2Double-crested Cormorant
5Tricolored Heron
2Snowy Egret
1Great Egret
3Brown Pelican
1Great Crested Flycatcher
3European Starling
1Northern Mockingbird
3Red-winged Blackbird
1Common Yellowthroat
1Black Skimmer
2Forster's Tern
10Royal Tern
1Barn Swallow
3Boat-tailed Grackle

June 29

22American Black Duck
1Clapper Rail
1Greater Yellowlegs
1Sanderling
2Lesser Black-backed Gull
1Caspian Tern
3Black Tern
1White Ibis
1Little Blue Heron
2Purple Martin
1Carolina Wren
2Gray Catbird
1Seaside Sparrow

June 28

1Mourning Dove
2American Avocet
5Short-billed Dowitcher
1American Herring Gull
4Common Tern
1Sandwich Tern
1Great Blue Heron
1Osprey
4Common Grackle
2Northern Cardinal
1Ruddy Turnstone
1Dunlin
1Ring-billed Gull
1Eastern Towhee

June 26

1American Oystercatcher
1Marbled Godwit
1Great Horned Owl
2Eastern Meadowlark
1Black-bellied Plover

June 25

4House Finch

June 24

1Great Black-backed Gull
1American Robin