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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 15

2Canada Goose
1Mallard
2American Black Duck
1Mourning Dove
30American Coot
1Killdeer
1Willet
1Greater Yellowlegs
1Pectoral Sandpiper
25Laughing Gull
8Ring-billed Gull
1Forster's Tern
2Royal Tern
1White Ibis
1Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
1Turkey Vulture
1Northern Harrier
1Purple Martin
1Gray Catbird
2Northern Mockingbird
1Seaside Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
1Red-winged Blackbird
1Common Grackle
1Boat-tailed Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat
1Northern Cardinal

April 14

6American Wigeon
5Clapper Rail
5Black-necked Stilt
2American Oystercatcher
3Black-bellied Plover
5Short-billed Dowitcher
5Dunlin
300Double-crested Cormorant
1American Bittern
1Black-crowned Night Heron
5Little Blue Heron
4Snowy Egret
8Brown Pelican
2Osprey
1Bald Eagle
1American Crow
4Carolina Wren
4Brown Thrasher
3Song Sparrow
2Eastern Meadowlark
3Yellow-rumped Warbler

April 13

10Gadwall
2Lesser Yellowlegs
2American Herring Gull
2Sandwich Tern
1Eastern Phoebe
1Barn Swallow
5Marbled Godwit
3Great Black-backed Gull
1Tricolored Heron
2Brown-headed Cowbird

April 12

1Black Skimmer

April 11

12Green-winged Teal
1Least Sandpiper
1Fish Crow
1Prairie Warbler
7Sanderling

April 10

3European Starling
2Caspian Tern
2Savannah Sparrow