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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.

September 18

30Canada Goose
2Killdeer
3Double-crested Cormorant
18Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
1Osprey
4Eastern Kingbird
1Gray Catbird
2Northern Mockingbird
2American Redstart

September 16

2Semipalmated Plover
20Laughing Gull
1Ring-billed Gull
2Black Skimmer
1Sandwich Tern
4Royal Tern
1Tricolored Heron
4American White Pelican
2Brown Pelican

September 14

3Marbled Godwit
12Willet
6Sanderling
2American Herring Gull
2Caspian Tern
2Forster's Tern
8Snowy Egret
7European Starling
3Red-winged Blackbird
7American Black Duck
1Black-bellied Plover
7Short-billed Dowitcher
4Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Least Tern
1Northern Cardinal

September 13

5Greater Yellowlegs
2Least Sandpiper
6Great Black-backed Gull
1Little Blue Heron
10Black-necked Stilt
3Black Tern
1Common Tern
6Northern Pintail

September 12

50Blue-winged Teal
1White-rumped Sandpiper
1Belted Kingfisher
1Carolina Wren