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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 19

20Canada Goose
1Gadwall
2Mallard
45American Black Duck
1Redhead
4Mourning Dove
5Black-necked Stilt
19American Avocet
25Black-bellied Plover
5Killdeer
55Semipalmated Plover
35Short-billed Dowitcher
1Red-necked Phalarope
5Willet
8Greater Yellowlegs
5Ruddy Turnstone
7Red Knot
20Sanderling
300Dunlin
1White-rumped Sandpiper
350Semipalmated Sandpiper
25Laughing Gull
3American Herring Gull
8Black Skimmer
15Least Tern
1Black Tern
4Forster's Tern
1Sandwich Tern
4Royal Tern
6Double-crested Cormorant
2White Ibis
2Tricolored Heron
2Snowy Egret
8Great Egret
8Brown Pelican
1Osprey
4Barn Swallow
2Carolina Wren
2European Starling
1Gray Catbird
1Brown Thrasher
2Northern Mockingbird
2Seaside Sparrow
2Eastern Towhee
4Eastern Meadowlark
1Orchard Oriole
15Red-winged Blackbird
2Brown-headed Cowbird
5Common Grackle
12Boat-tailed Grackle
3Common Yellowthroat
2Northern Cardinal
1Blue Grosbeak

May 15

1Piping Plover
40Least Sandpiper
1Purple Martin
1Virginia Rail
1Spotted Sandpiper
4Lesser Yellowlegs
1Ruff
4Common Loon
1Great Blue Heron
1Bank Swallow
1Tree Swallow
2Bobolink