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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 Guilford County Farm/Howerton Rd. (Guilford Co.)

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

October 8

3Mourning Dove ✓
2Great Blue Heron ✓
1Black Vulture ✓
4Turkey Vulture ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
2Eastern Phoebe ✓
1White-eyed Vireo ✓
2Blue Jay ✓
4American Crow ✓
1Fish Crow ✓
1Common Raven ✓
2Carolina Chickadee ✓
1Tufted Titmouse ✓
2Carolina Wren ✓
6European Starling ✓
2Gray Catbird ✓
3Brown Thrasher ✓
4Northern Mockingbird ✓
6Eastern Bluebird ✓
2American Robin ✓
2House Finch ✓
10American Goldfinch ✓
2Chipping Sparrow ✓
4Field Sparrow ✓
2White-throated Sparrow ✓
4Savannah Sparrow ✓
1Song Sparrow ✓
1Lincoln's Sparrow
2Swamp Sparrow ✓
3Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
2Common Yellowthroat ✓
1American Redstart ✓
1Northern Parula ✓
2Palm Warbler ✓
2Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
4Northern Cardinal ✓
1Blue Grosbeak ✓
3Indigo Bunting ✓
12Rock Pigeon ✓
12Chimney Swift ✓
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
1Double-crested Cormorant ✓
2Northern Harrier ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
4Northern Flicker ✓
1American Kestrel ✓
200Tree Swallow ✓
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow ✓
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
2Eastern Meadowlark ✓

October 6

1Northern Bobwhite ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Tennessee Warbler ✓
4Cape May Warbler ✓
1Rose-breasted Grosbeak ✓

October 4

1Killdeer ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Barn Swallow ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
1Baltimore Oriole ✓
1Black-and-white Warbler ✓