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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--Salt Flats Wildlife Trail

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

July 4

43Canada Goose
1Clapper Rail
4Black-necked Stilt
1American Oystercatcher
1Black-bellied Plover
1Killdeer
5Marbled Godwit
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Willet
1Greater Yellowlegs
1Red Knot
4Sanderling
8Least Sandpiper
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
6Laughing Gull
1American Herring Gull
1Great Black-backed Gull
12Black Skimmer
4Least Tern
5Forster's Tern
9Royal Tern
1White Ibis
1Little Blue Heron
2Snowy Egret
4Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
3Brown Pelican
1Turkey Vulture
1Barn Swallow
1Marsh Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
5Seaside Sparrow
2Eastern Meadowlark
16Red-winged Blackbird
2Boat-tailed Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat
1Northern Cardinal
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Ring-billed Gull
1Gray Catbird
1Common Grackle

July 3

1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Mourning Dove
3American Avocet
4Semipalmated Plover
21Short-billed Dowitcher
2Lesser Yellowlegs
1Ruddy Turnstone
2Caspian Tern
9Tricolored Heron
3Purple Martin
1Carolina Wren
1European Starling
2Eastern Towhee
5Brown-headed Cowbird
2Blue Grosbeak

July 1

2Common Tern
2Eastern Kingbird
1American Robin

June 30

5Mallard
20American Black Duck
1Osprey
1Song Sparrow