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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--North Pond Wildlife Trail

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

April 25

5Canada Goose
10Gadwall
1American Wigeon
2Mallard
8American Black Duck
3Green-winged Teal
1Bufflehead
7Mourning Dove
1American Coot
2Black-necked Stilt
10Black-bellied Plover
2Killdeer
1Whimbrel
10Marbled Godwit
3Lesser Yellowlegs
2Greater Yellowlegs
3Ruddy Turnstone
XDunlin
XLeast Sandpiper
4Laughing Gull
2Herring Gull
20Black Skimmer
50Least Tern
100Royal Tern
3Double-crested Cormorant
8Brown Pelican
2Tricolored Heron
3Snowy Egret
2Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
3Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Merlin
1Fish Crow
4Seaside Sparrow
1Savannah Sparrow
10Red-winged Blackbird
2Common Grackle
4Boat-tailed Grackle

April 23

10Blue-winged Teal
1Northern Pintail
2Greater Scaup
1Lesser Scaup
2Clapper Rail
3American Avocet
10Short-billed Dowitcher
15Willet
2Red Knot
5Sanderling
18Bonaparte's Gull
30Ring-billed Gull
1Great Black-backed Gull
3Lesser Black-backed Gull
3Gull-billed Tern
4Caspian Tern
120Forster's Tern
1Common Tern
8Sandwich Tern
16Common Loon
100Northern Gannet
1Black-crowned Night Heron
65White Ibis
2Bald Eagle
1Belted Kingfisher
1Northern Flicker
1Peregrine Falcon
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1Sedge Wren
1Marsh Wren
2Gray Catbird
2American Robin
1House Sparrow
2Song Sparrow
1Yellow-breasted Chat
3Eastern Meadowlark
5Common Yellowthroat
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
3Northern Cardinal

April 21

2Wood Duck
1Dark-eyed Junco
1Eastern Towhee

April 20

1American Oystercatcher
1Barn Swallow
1Brown Thrasher
4Hooded Merganser

April 19

5Red-breasted Merganser
1Chipping Sparrow
5Red-breasted Nuthatch
2Brown-headed Cowbird