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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.

November 2

18Canada Goose ✓
4Tundra Swan ✓
45Northern Shoveler ✓
150American Wigeon ✓
10Mallard ✓
48American Black Duck ✓
750Northern Pintail ✓
35Redhead ✓
10Hooded Merganser ✓
3American Coot ✓
175American Avocet ✓
8Black-bellied Plover ✓
2Semipalmated Plover ✓
15Marbled Godwit ✓
5Prairie Willet ✓
15Greater Yellowlegs ✓
45Dunlin ✓
2Least Sandpiper ✓
5Laughing Gull ✓
7Ring-billed Gull ✓
2Great Black-backed Gull ✓
11Black Skimmer ✓
1Caspian Tern ✓
65Forster's Tern ✓
22Royal Tern ✓
105Double-crested Cormorant ✓
33White Ibis ✓
1Tricolored Heron ✓
4Snowy Egret ✓
15Great Egret ✓
6Great Blue Heron ✓
59American White Pelican ✓
7Brown Pelican ✓
2Northern Harrier ✓
1Song Sparrow ✓
1Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
1Savannah Sparrow ✓
1Swamp Sparrow ✓
1Eastern Meadowlark ✓

November 1

6Gadwall ✓
4Green-winged Teal ✓
2Greater Scaup ✓
4Killdeer ✓
5Long-billed Dowitcher ✓
1Sanderling ✓
1Bonaparte's Gull ✓
4American Herring Gull ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
15Tree Swallow ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
2Eastern Bluebird ✓
2Red-winged Blackbird ✓
10Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓

October 30

6Blue-winged Teal ✓
3Piping Plover ✓
2Northern Mockingbird ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓