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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.

January 1

200Tundra Swan
2Blue-winged Teal
8Northern Shoveler
4Gadwall
4American Wigeon
6American Black Duck
6Bufflehead
1Great Black-backed Gull
200Northern Gannet
50Double-crested Cormorant
20Northern Pintail
10Hooded Merganser
13American Coot
1American Herring Gull
60White Ibis
2Tricolored Heron
6Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
45American White Pelican
1American Kestrel
10Boat-tailed Grackle
15Yellow-rumped Warbler
XBrown Pelican
12Greater Scaup
1Forster's Tern
1Bald Eagle
2Savannah Sparrow
2Common Grackle

December 31

4Sanderling
1American Robin
10000Redhead
1Red-breasted Merganser
1Little Blue Heron
1Belted Kingfisher
1Northern Mockingbird
1Snowy Egret
1Turkey Vulture
2Northern Harrier
2Song Sparrow
3Eastern Meadowlark
40Snow Goose
4Mallard
10Ruddy Duck
3American Oystercatcher
1Killdeer
6Ring-billed Gull
1Lesser Scaup
1Gray Catbird
2Red-winged Blackbird
1Orange-crowned Warbler

December 30

45Canada Goose
2Mourning Dove
5Willet
5Laughing Gull
1Northern Flicker
1Peregrine Falcon
1Black-bellied Plover
XGreater Yellowlegs
10Green-winged Teal
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
1Pied-billed Grebe

December 29

20American Avocet
52Black Scoter

December 28

1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Sharp-shinned Hawk
1Swamp Sparrow
1Red-tailed Hawk
2Carolina Wren

December 26

1American Bittern
1Red-throated Loon