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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--South Pond

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

October 19

55Canada Goose ✓
2Blue-winged Teal ✓
55Northern Shoveler ✓
100American Wigeon ✓
5Mallard ✓
35American Black Duck ✓
5000Northern Pintail ✓
12Green-winged Teal ✓
5Surf Scoter ✓
2Mourning Dove ✓
12American Avocet ✓
1Semipalmated Plover ✓
5Long-billed Dowitcher ✓
4Greater Yellowlegs ✓
1Sanderling ✓
35Dunlin ✓
16Western Sandpiper ✓
35American Herring Gull ✓
3Great Black-backed Gull ✓
5Lesser Black-backed Gull ✓
1Caspian Tern ✓
5Forster's Tern ✓
5Royal Tern ✓
5Double-crested Cormorant ✓
15White Ibis ✓
10Snowy Egret ✓
5Great Egret ✓
2Great Blue Heron ✓
35American White Pelican ✓
1Osprey ✓
2Northern Harrier ✓
1Peregrine Falcon ✓
2Boat-tailed Grackle ✓

October 16

10Black-bellied Plover ✓
7Tricolored Heron ✓
1Eastern Meadowlark ✓
35Marbled Godwit ✓
1Lesser Yellowlegs ✓
1Willet ✓
4Laughing Gull ✓
2Ring-billed Gull ✓
8Black Skimmer ✓
1Sandwich Tern ✓
4Little Blue Heron ✓
1Reddish Egret ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
4Gadwall ✓
1Black-necked Stilt ✓
2Semipalmated Sandpiper ✓

October 15

1Killdeer ✓
3Brown Pelican ✓
2Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Gray Catbird ✓
2Red-winged Blackbird ✓
8Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
1House Sparrow ✓
4American Coot ✓
2Barn Swallow ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓
4Redhead ✓
1Least Sandpiper ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
2Tree Swallow ✓
1Carolina Wren ✓
1Blackpoll Warbler ✓
3Ruddy Duck ✓
3Savannah Sparrow ✓
1Eurasian Wigeon ✓
4Black-crowned Night Heron ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Bald Eagle ✓
1American Kestrel ✓

October 14

5Pied-billed Grebe ✓
1Eastern Towhee ✓
2Common Grackle ✓
1Northern Cardinal ✓