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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.

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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.

July 14

4Canada Goose
6Black-necked Stilt
1Black-bellied Plover
5Marbled Godwit
5Short-billed Dowitcher
2Lesser Yellowlegs
3Willet
4Greater Yellowlegs
1Ruddy Turnstone
1Red Knot
3Stilt Sandpiper
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
12Laughing Gull
2American Herring Gull
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
60Least Tern
1Black Tern
6Forster's Tern
1Common Tern
1Sandwich Tern
7Royal Tern
9Double-crested Cormorant
8White Ibis
3Little Blue Heron
5Tricolored Heron
5Snowy Egret
4Great Egret
1Brown Pelican
1Purple Martin
1European Starling
1Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
1Eastern Meadowlark
3Red-winged Blackbird
1Common Grackle
2Common Yellowthroat

July 13

1Rock Pigeon
1Mourning Dove
1American Avocet
1Killdeer
1Semipalmated Plover
10Least Sandpiper
4Great Black-backed Gull
2Black Skimmer
1Gull-billed Tern
2Great Blue Heron
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1Barn Swallow
1Boat-tailed Grackle
1American Black Duck
1Osprey
1Eastern Towhee
3Northern Cardinal
5Mallard
1Clapper Rail
1Ring-billed Gull
2Marsh Wren
6Seaside Sparrow
1Virginia Rail
1Belted Kingfisher
1Carolina Wren
10Brown-headed Cowbird

July 11

1Spotted Sandpiper
2Dunlin
2Caspian Tern
2Eastern Kingbird
1House Finch
2Pectoral Sandpiper
1Blue Grosbeak