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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--South Pond

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

May 15

20Canada Goose
1Gadwall
2Mallard
25American Black Duck
1Redhead
1Virginia Rail
16American Avocet
35Black-bellied Plover
6Killdeer
105Semipalmated Plover
2Piping Plover
5Short-billed Dowitcher
1Spotted Sandpiper
4Lesser Yellowlegs
5Willet
10Greater Yellowlegs
25Ruddy Turnstone
1Red Knot
1Ruff
14Sanderling
125Dunlin
15Least Sandpiper
375Semipalmated Sandpiper
25Laughing Gull
2American Herring Gull
55Black Skimmer
14Least Tern
4Forster's Tern
3Royal Tern
4Common Loon
6Double-crested Cormorant
16White Ibis
2Tricolored Heron
1Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
7Brown Pelican
1Osprey
1Bank Swallow
1Tree Swallow
4Barn Swallow
1Carolina Wren
2Gray Catbird
2Brown Thrasher
2Northern Mockingbird
1Eastern Towhee
2Bobolink
1Eastern Meadowlark
1Orchard Oriole
12Red-winged Blackbird
5Common Grackle
12Boat-tailed Grackle
2Common Yellowthroat
3Northern Cardinal
1Blue Grosbeak

May 11

1Western Cattle-Egret

May 10

1Ring-billed Gull
1Snowy Egret

May 9

2American Oystercatcher
1Great Black-backed Gull
1Mourning Dove
2Black-necked Stilt
4Seaside Sparrow