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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.

November 7

6Mourning Dove ✓
1Killdeer ✓
21Turkey Vulture ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
1American Kestrel ✓
30American Crow ✓
3Carolina Chickadee ✓
2Tufted Titmouse ✓
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Carolina Wren ✓
6Northern Mockingbird ✓
7Eastern Bluebird ✓
2American Robin ✓
11American Goldfinch ✓
3Field Sparrow ✓
3White-crowned Sparrow ✓
6White-throated Sparrow ✓
8Savannah Sparrow ✓
15Song Sparrow ✓
4Swamp Sparrow ✓
1Eastern Towhee ✓
1Eastern Meadowlark ✓
1Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
8Northern Cardinal ✓

November 5

74Canada Goose ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
15Black Vulture ✓
2Sharp-shinned Hawk ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
13Blue Jay ✓
1Fish Crow ✓
1Common Raven ✓
124European Starling ✓
2Brown Thrasher ✓
5House Finch ✓
25Pine Siskin ✓
4Chipping Sparrow ✓
3Lincoln's Sparrow ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓

November 3

1Northern Harrier ✓
1Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
4Cedar Waxwing ✓
2Red-winged Blackbird ✓

November 1

1Winter Wren ✓
1Vesper Sparrow ✓
2Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
3Rock Pigeon ✓
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
4Dark-eyed Junco ✓
1Common Grackle ✓