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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 12

13Canada Goose ✓
2Black Vulture ✓
2Turkey Vulture ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
6Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
5Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
6Blue Jay ✓
5American Crow ✓
4Carolina Chickadee ✓
2Tufted Titmouse ✓
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
6Carolina Wren ✓
4Gray Catbird ✓
5Eastern Bluebird ✓
1American Robin ✓
2House Finch ✓
10American Goldfinch ✓
1Chipping Sparrow ✓
2Eastern Towhee ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Northern Parula ✓
1Magnolia Warbler ✓
1Pine Warbler ✓
4Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
9Northern Cardinal ✓
1Mourning Dove ✓
1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
1Blue-headed Vireo ✓
1Philadelphia Vireo ✓
3Red-eyed Vireo ✓
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
2Brown Thrasher ✓
4Swainson's Thrush ✓
2Wood Thrush ✓
15Cedar Waxwing ✓
1White-throated Sparrow ✓
2Black-and-white Warbler ✓
1Black-throated Green Warbler ✓
2Scarlet Tanager ✓
1Indigo Bunting ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
1American Kestrel ✓
2Fish Crow ✓
1Field Sparrow ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓

October 11

1Great Blue Heron ✓
1Blue Grosbeak ✓

October 10

2Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
1Gray-cheeked Thrush ✓
2Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
1Rose-breasted Grosbeak ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1White-eyed Vireo ✓
1Red-breasted Nuthatch ✓
2American Redstart ✓
5Chimney Swift ✓
1Ovenbird ✓
3White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
1Winter Wren ✓
2Northern Mockingbird ✓
1Cape May Warbler ✓

October 9

1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Swamp Sparrow ✓
1Common Grackle ✓
1Song Sparrow ✓
1Prairie Warbler ✓

October 8

1Yellow-throated Vireo ✓

October 7

1Barred Owl ✓
1Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
1Veery ✓
1Yellow-throated Warbler ✓

October 6

1Tennessee Warbler ✓
1Bay-breasted Warbler ✓
1Baltimore Oriole ✓