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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.

April 20

5Canada Goose
10Gadwall
1Mallard
16American Black Duck
4Black-bellied Plover
2Killdeer
2Lesser Yellowlegs
2Willet
2Greater Yellowlegs
8Sanderling
250Dunlin
15Least Sandpiper
2Laughing Gull
1Ring-billed Gull
2American Herring Gull
2Royal Tern
5Double-crested Cormorant
6Red-winged Blackbird
1Brown-headed Cowbird
4Boat-tailed Grackle
1Northern Pintail
1Black-necked Stilt
14American Avocet
6Short-billed Dowitcher
1Long-billed Dowitcher
1Tricolored Heron

April 18

1Lesser Black-backed Gull
2Forster's Tern
1Great Egret
6Blue-winged Teal
2Northern Shoveler
8American Wigeon
1Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)
1Green-winged Teal
1Redhead
8American Coot
2American Golden-Plover
2Semipalmated Plover
3Piping Plover
1Ruddy Turnstone
6Western Sandpiper
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
2Great Black-backed Gull
2Least Tern
6Sandwich Tern
5White Ibis
4Snowy Egret
12Brown Pelican
1Osprey
5Barn Swallow
2Northern Mockingbird
1Savannah Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
2Eastern Towhee
1Eastern Meadowlark
4Common Yellowthroat
1Northern Cardinal

April 17

15Black Skimmer
3Common Grackle