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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.

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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.

January 3

35Canada Goose
250Tundra Swan
1Gadwall
6American Wigeon
1American Black Duck
45Northern Pintail
100Redhead
7Bufflehead
1Hooded Merganser
1Red-breasted Merganser
26Ruddy Duck
50American Coot
3Double-crested Cormorant
8White Ibis
1Snowy Egret
9Brown Pelican
2Northern Harrier

January 2

20Green-winged Teal
1American Kestrel
1Pied-billed Grebe
3Great Blue Heron
4American White Pelican
1Yellow-rumped Warbler

January 1

1Northern Shoveler
13Mallard
1Killdeer
1Greater Yellowlegs
6American Herring Gull
2Great Black-backed Gull
5Great Egret
1Eastern Meadowlark
1Laughing Gull
XSwamp Sparrow
24Snow Goose
16American Avocet
2Ring-billed Gull
3Northern Gannet
1Forster's Tern
1Bald Eagle
1American Robin

December 31

1Cooper's Hawk
1American Crow

December 30

1Little Blue Heron
8Song Sparrow

December 29

1Dunlin
1Turkey Vulture

December 28

15Black-crowned Night Heron
2Tricolored Heron
1Belted Kingfisher
1Peregrine Falcon
2Fish Crow
1Northern Mockingbird
4Red-winged Blackbird
1Ring-necked Duck
100Lesser Scaup
2Mourning Dove
1Clapper Rail
2Wilson's Snipe
1Lesser Yellowlegs
2American Bittern
1Northern Flicker
3Northern House Wren
1Winter Wren
2Sedge Wren
3Marsh Wren
3Carolina Wren
12Gray Catbird
10Savannah Sparrow
6Eastern Towhee
12Common Grackle
27Boat-tailed Grackle
6Orange-crowned Warbler
2Common Yellowthroat
6Northern Cardinal