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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.

May 12

6Canada Goose
1Gadwall
3American Black Duck
5Black-necked Stilt
1Black-bellied Plover
4Semipalmated Plover
6Piping Plover
3Short-billed Dowitcher
1Spotted Sandpiper
2Willet
4Dunlin
3Least Sandpiper
5Semipalmated Sandpiper
1American Herring Gull
20Black Skimmer
2Least Tern
1Royal Tern
4Double-crested Cormorant
7White Ibis
1Glossy Ibis
1Tricolored Heron
3Snowy Egret
2Great Egret
2Barn Swallow
1Bobolink
1Boat-tailed Grackle

May 11

1Bufflehead
1Killdeer
2Lesser Yellowlegs
3Greater Yellowlegs
10Sanderling
5Laughing Gull
3Brown Pelican
1Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
10Red-winged Blackbird
2Brown-headed Cowbird
1Common Yellowthroat

May 9

2Mourning Dove
1Osprey
1American Crow
1Ring-billed Gull
2Forster's Tern
2Purple Martin
1Eastern Meadowlark
2Common Grackle
2Northern Cardinal
1Great Blue Heron
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1Carolina Wren

May 8

2Blue-winged Teal
1Clapper Rail
2Solitary Sandpiper
1Belted Kingfisher
1Brown Thrasher
1American Robin
2Great Black-backed Gull
1Green Heron
1Seaside Sparrow
2Stilt Sandpiper
1Fish Crow
1Baltimore Oriole
1Turkey Vulture
8European Starling
1Eastern Towhee

May 7

1Western Cattle-Egret