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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.

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Recent reports from Pea Island NWR

Only the most recent report per species is shown. Some reports may be pending verification.

June 29

4Mourning Dove
2American Oystercatcher
1Killdeer
1Willet
6Ruddy Turnstone
1Sanderling
50Laughing Gull
1Ring-billed Gull
1American Herring Gull
1Great Black-backed Gull
2Black Skimmer
50Least Tern
1Caspian Tern
12Common Tern
4Sandwich Tern
9Royal Tern
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Snowy Egret
1Great Egret
6Brown Pelican
2Purple Martin
1Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
3Northern Mockingbird
3Common Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat
6Canada Goose
7American Black Duck
6Black-necked Stilt
3American Avocet
1Greater Yellowlegs
1Dunlin
2Tricolored Heron
1Barn Swallow
7Red-winged Blackbird
1Blue Grosbeak
1Clapper Rail
2Lesser Black-backed Gull
3Black Tern
1Forster's Tern
1White Ibis
1Little Blue Heron
1Seaside Sparrow
15Boat-tailed Grackle

June 28

5Short-billed Dowitcher
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1Great Blue Heron
1Osprey
2Northern Cardinal
6European Starling
1Eastern Towhee
1Virginia Rail
2Eastern Meadowlark

June 27

1Mallard
4Black-bellied Plover
3Semipalmated Plover
5Semipalmated Sandpiper
5Gadwall
7Marbled Godwit
1Least Sandpiper
1Pectoral Sandpiper
2Eastern Kingbird
1Brown Thrasher
1Song Sparrow
2Brown-headed Cowbird

June 26

1Great Horned Owl
4Lesser Yellowlegs
1White-rumped Sandpiper

June 25

3Black-crowned Night Heron
1American Robin
4House Finch

June 24

7Glossy Ibis
1Fish Crow
1Turkey Vulture
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
2Gull-billed Tern
1Green Heron