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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.

August 31

80Canada Goose
6American Black Duck
8Black-necked Stilt
30American Avocet
2Hudsonian Godwit
6Willet
2Greater Yellowlegs
20Laughing Gull
1American Herring Gull
120Black Skimmer
3Caspian Tern
2Black Tern
40Forster's Tern
2Common Tern
7Sandwich Tern
15Royal Tern
15Double-crested Cormorant
1White Ibis
2Tricolored Heron
7Snowy Egret
4Great Egret
1Brown Pelican
1Eastern Kingbird
10European Starling
1Northern Mockingbird
1Black-bellied Plover
11Marbled Godwit
1Short-billed Dowitcher
2Least Sandpiper
1Great Black-backed Gull
1Least Tern
1Carolina Wren
5Blue-winged Teal
1Little Blue Heron
1Great Blue Heron
2Osprey
1Mourning Dove
1Semipalmated Plover
2Long-billed Dowitcher
5Sanderling
1Eastern Meadowlark
1Red-winged Blackbird
1Pied-billed Grebe
2Northern Shoveler
8Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Lesser Yellowlegs
4Bobolink
4Boat-tailed Grackle

August 30

2Semipalmated Sandpiper
2Turkey Vulture
5Whimbrel
4Mallard
1Clapper Rail
1American Oystercatcher
4Killdeer
4Ruddy Turnstone
3Western Sandpiper
1Ring-billed Gull
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
1Belted Kingfisher
1Gray Catbird
1Brown Thrasher
1Eastern Towhee
1Common Grackle
3American Redstart
1Yellow Warbler
2Northern Cardinal

August 29

2Glossy Ibis
1Green Heron
1American Robin
2American Wigeon