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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.

November 11

25Canada Goose ✓
8Tundra Swan ✓
2Blue-winged Teal ✓
65Northern Shoveler ✓
10Gadwall ✓
1Eurasian Wigeon ✓
600American Wigeon ✓
15Mallard ✓
175American Black Duck ✓
5000Northern Pintail ✓
50Green-winged Teal ✓
45Redhead ✓
8Black Scoter ✓
25Bufflehead ✓
6Hooded Merganser ✓
2Mourning Dove ✓
1Virginia Rail ✓
105American Coot ✓
1Black-necked Stilt ✓
175American Avocet ✓
35Black-bellied Plover ✓
4Killdeer ✓
10Semipalmated Plover ✓
35Marbled Godwit ✓
28Long-billed Dowitcher ✓
8Prairie Willet ✓
30Greater Yellowlegs ✓
3Sanderling ✓
250Dunlin ✓
4Least Sandpiper ✓
18Western Sandpiper ✓
3Bonaparte's Gull ✓
15Laughing Gull ✓
5Ring-billed Gull ✓
1American Herring Gull ✓
2Great Black-backed Gull ✓
7Black Skimmer ✓
1Caspian Tern ✓
45Forster's Tern ✓
3Royal Tern ✓
8Pied-billed Grebe ✓
50Double-crested Cormorant ✓
25White Ibis ✓
8Black-crowned Night Heron ✓
22Tricolored Heron ✓
8Snowy Egret ✓
25Great Egret ✓
6Great Blue Heron ✓
65American White Pelican ✓
4Brown Pelican ✓
3Northern Harrier ✓
3Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Merlin ✓
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
2Northern House Wren ✓
3Sedge Wren ✓
1Eastern Marsh Wren ✓
2Carolina Wren ✓
1Gray Catbird ✓
4Northern Mockingbird ✓
1American Robin ✓
2House Sparrow ✓
4Pine Siskin ✓
1American Goldfinch ✓
5Savannah Sparrow ✓
3Song Sparrow ✓
7Swamp Sparrow ✓
1Eastern Towhee ✓
4Eastern Meadowlark ✓
10Red-winged Blackbird ✓
25Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓
25Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓

November 10

1Bald Eagle ✓
1House Finch ✓

November 9

4Snow Goose ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
4Common Grackle ✓
1Lesser Yellowlegs ✓
1Wilson's Phalarope
1Cooper's Hawk ✓

November 8

1Sharp-shinned Hawk ✓
1Tree Swallow ✓
2Barn Swallow ✓
1Orange-crowned Warbler ✓