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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 10

XCanada Goose ✓
XGadwall ✓
XAmerican Wigeon ✓
XAmerican Black Duck ✓
XNorthern Pintail ✓
XGreen-winged Teal ✓
XAmerican Avocet ✓
1Black-bellied Plover ✓
1Marbled Godwit ✓
XLesser Yellowlegs ✓
XGreater Yellowlegs ✓
XDunlin ✓
XLaughing Gull ✓
XBlack Skimmer ✓
XSandwich Tern ✓
XRoyal Tern ✓
XDouble-crested Cormorant ✓
4White Ibis ✓
1Tricolored Heron ✓
XSnowy Egret ✓
XGreat Egret ✓
XAmerican White Pelican ✓
1Northern Harrier ✓

October 9

4Least Sandpiper ✓
1Semipalmated Sandpiper ✓

October 8

20Blue-winged Teal ✓
30Northern Shoveler ✓
2Killdeer ✓
2Semipalmated Plover ✓
6Western Sandpiper ✓
1Little Blue Heron ✓
3Great Blue Heron ✓
4Boat-tailed Grackle ✓

October 7

1Short-billed Dowitcher ✓
1Willet ✓
2American Herring Gull ✓
4Great Black-backed Gull ✓
3Forster's Tern ✓
1Peregrine Falcon ✓
6Palm Warbler ✓
4Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
3Mourning Dove ✓
4Black-necked Stilt ✓
15Sanderling ✓
5Ring-billed Gull ✓
4Lesser Black-backed Gull ✓
25Caspian Tern ✓
1Common Tern ✓
4Pied-billed Grebe ✓
2American Bittern ✓
1Reddish Egret ✓
5Brown Pelican ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
2Northern Flicker ✓
1Merlin ✓
3Tree Swallow ✓
2Northern Mockingbird ✓
1Savannah Sparrow ✓
1Eastern Meadowlark ✓
1Northern Waterthrush ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
2Northern Cardinal ✓

October 5

2Mallard ✓
2Osprey ✓
3House Finch ✓