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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 Brumley Nature Preserve--North

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

October 3

1Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
3Black Vulture ✓
3Turkey Vulture ✓
2Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
2Northern Flicker ✓
1American Kestrel ✓
3Eastern Phoebe ✓
1Blue Jay ✓
8American Crow ✓
1Carolina Chickadee ✓
6Carolina Wren ✓
5Gray Catbird ✓
2Brown Thrasher ✓
4American Robin ✓
20Cedar Waxwing ✓
3American Goldfinch ✓
1Eastern Towhee ✓
1Black-and-white Warbler ✓
2American Redstart ✓
1Magnolia Warbler ✓
2Pine Warbler ✓
3Northern Cardinal ✓
1Indigo Bunting ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
1Acadian Flycatcher ✓
1Tufted Titmouse ✓
1Swainson's Thrush ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
1White-eyed Vireo ✓
1Fish Crow ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
3Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
2Eastern Bluebird ✓
3Wood Thrush ✓
2House Finch ✓
1Chipping Sparrow ✓
2Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Prairie Warbler ✓
1Scarlet Tanager ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
2Red-eyed Vireo ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
1Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
1Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
1Summer Tanager ✓
3Rose-breasted Grosbeak ✓
1Mourning Dove ✓
3Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Blue-headed Vireo ✓
1Gray-cheeked Thrush ✓
1Tennessee Warbler ✓
1Northern Parula ✓
1Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
1Blue Grosbeak ✓
2Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
1Common Grackle ✓
1Bay-breasted Warbler ✓
1Yellow-throated Warbler ✓

October 2

1Ovenbird ✓
1Canada Goose ✓
1Solitary Sandpiper ✓
1Field Sparrow ✓
1Hooded Warbler ✓

October 1

1Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
1Song Sparrow ✓
3Chimney Swift ✓
1Philadelphia Vireo ✓
2Northern House Wren ✓
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓

September 30

1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
2Cape May Warbler ✓
1Yellow-throated Vireo ✓
1Veery ✓

September 29

1Swamp Sparrow ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Barred Owl ✓
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓

September 28

1Yellow-breasted Chat ✓

September 27

1Common Raven ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓
3Black-throated Green Warbler ✓