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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.

April 24

10Canada Goose
2Gadwall
2Mallard
10American Black Duck
1Mourning Dove
2Clapper Rail
5American Coot
3Black-necked Stilt
2American Oystercatcher
1Black-bellied Plover
2Killdeer
2Short-billed Dowitcher
1Lesser Yellowlegs
5Willet
20Greater Yellowlegs
300Dunlin
20Laughing Gull
6American Herring Gull
3Least Tern
5Forster's Tern
4Royal Tern
3Tricolored Heron
2Snowy Egret
4Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1Carolina Wren
2Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
1American Robin
2House Finch
4Seaside Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
20Red-winged Blackbird
1Brown-headed Cowbird
1Common Grackle
5Boat-tailed Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat
1Northern Cardinal
XSanderling
XBlack Skimmer
XDouble-crested Cormorant
2Least Sandpiper
1Ring-billed Gull
2Great Black-backed Gull
1Brown Pelican
2Barn Swallow
1Swamp Sparrow
2Eastern Meadowlark
1Yellow-rumped Warbler

April 23

1Merlin

April 22

6Semipalmated Plover
1Long-billed Dowitcher
1White-rumped Sandpiper
1Caspian Tern
1Common Tern
3Sandwich Tern
20White Ibis
1Savannah Sparrow

April 21

1Brown Thrasher
1Hudsonian Whimbrel
2Turkey Vulture
1Osprey

April 20

1Bald Eagle
2Green-winged Teal
3Bufflehead
1American Avocet
1Bonaparte's Gull
1Northern Harrier

April 19

1Orchard Oriole
1Piping Plover
2Ruddy Turnstone
1Gull-billed Tern
1Belted Kingfisher
3Purple Martin