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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--Old Coast Guard Station

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

April 16

7Double-crested Cormorant
3Brown Pelican
4Boat-tailed Grackle

April 14

2Canada Goose
7Red-breasted Merganser
2Mourning Dove
2American Oystercatcher
3Black-bellied Plover
1Short-billed Dowitcher
1Willet
1Greater Yellowlegs
4Ruddy Turnstone
45Sanderling
8Dunlin
1Purple Sandpiper
55Laughing Gull
2Ring-billed Gull
20Herring Gull
6Great Black-backed Gull
15Lesser Black-backed Gull
18Forster's Tern
2Sandwich Tern
65Royal Tern
1Common Loon
4Northern Gannet
1Great Egret
1House Wren
1Carolina Wren
4European Starling
4Northern Mockingbird
1Field Sparrow
2Savannah Sparrow
2Song Sparrow
2Eastern Towhee
1Eastern Meadowlark
5Red-winged Blackbird
2Brown-headed Cowbird
6Common Grackle
4Common Yellowthroat
1Yellow-rumped Warbler

April 13

1Killdeer
1Least Sandpiper
1Bonaparte's Gull
1Northern Flicker
1Peregrine Falcon
1Fish Crow
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow
2Barn Swallow
1House Sparrow
1Nelson's Sparrow
2Swamp Sparrow
1Orchard Oriole
1Orange-crowned Warbler
2Indigo Bunting