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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 4

8Canada Goose
XTundra Swan
XNorthern Shoveler
16Gadwall
7American Black Duck
XNorthern Pintail
XBufflehead
5Ring-billed Gull
8Double-crested Cormorant
5White Ibis
9Brown Pelican
1Belted Kingfisher
6Blue-winged Teal
2American Wigeon
2Mallard
4Redhead
16Greater Scaup
12Hooded Merganser
2Ruddy Duck
5Rock Pigeon
3Mourning Dove
48American Coot
25Laughing Gull
50American Herring Gull
2Great Black-backed Gull
2Common Loon
50Northern Gannet
1Tricolored Heron
1Great Egret
13Great Blue Heron
18American White Pelican
1Turkey Vulture
2Northern Harrier
1American Kestrel
2Marsh Wren
1Gray Catbird
3Northern Mockingbird
2Seaside Sparrow
1Nelson's Sparrow
1Saltmarsh Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
4Swamp Sparrow
1Eastern Meadowlark
35Red-winged Blackbird
10Common Grackle
15Boat-tailed Grackle
2Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Northern Cardinal

January 3

4Snow Goose
1Snowy Egret
2Pied-billed Grebe
1Savannah Sparrow
3Black Scoter
2Red-breasted Merganser
1Orange-crowned Warbler
1Merlin

January 2

1Bald Eagle
2Wood Duck
1Canvasback
1Common Merganser
1American Avocet
1Pine Siskin
2Green-winged Teal
1Lesser Scaup
1Clapper Rail
1Forster's Tern
1Sanderling
2Sedge Wren
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
1Greater Yellowlegs
1Carolina Wren
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Northern Flicker

January 1

1Peregrine Falcon
1Eastern Kingbird
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2American Robin
3American Crow

December 31

1Little Blue Heron
3American Oystercatcher
1Killdeer

December 30

5Willet
1Black-bellied Plover