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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.

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Recent reports from Pea Island NWR--Salt Flats Wildlife Trail

Only the most recent report per species is shown. Some reports may be pending verification.

July 17

9Canada Goose
2Killdeer
2Short-billed Dowitcher
1Willet
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Laughing Gull
2Least Tern
1Royal Tern
6White Ibis
1Little Blue Heron
2Tricolored Heron
9Snowy Egret
13Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
1Eastern Meadowlark
5Red-winged Blackbird
1Mallard
4American Black Duck
5Mourning Dove
1Chimney Swift
1Clapper Rail
8Black-necked Stilt
1Black-bellied Plover
2Semipalmated Plover
6Marbled Godwit
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Greater Yellowlegs
1Ruddy Turnstone
14Least Sandpiper
2Pectoral Sandpiper
1Western Sandpiper
1American Herring Gull
2Great Black-backed Gull
62Black Skimmer
1Caspian Tern
6Black Tern
6Forster's Tern
15Common Tern
3Sandwich Tern
2Double-crested Cormorant
50Brown Pelican
1Osprey
25Purple Martin
3Barn Swallow
3Marsh Wren
2Carolina Wren
6European Starling
1Gray Catbird
3Northern Mockingbird
2House Finch
30Seaside Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
1Brown-headed Cowbird
2Common Grackle
19Boat-tailed Grackle
2Common Yellowthroat
1Northern Cardinal

July 14

2American Oystercatcher

July 13

1Eastern Kingbird