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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 10

2Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
2Black Vulture ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
2Northern Flicker ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
3Eastern Phoebe ✓
1Blue Jay ✓
1American Crow ✓
5Carolina Chickadee ✓
2Tufted Titmouse ✓
3Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
4Carolina Wren ✓
2Gray Catbird ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
8Swainson's Thrush ✓
2Wood Thrush ✓
1American Goldfinch ✓
1White-throated Sparrow ✓
2Eastern Towhee ✓
2Northern Parula ✓
2Magnolia Warbler ✓
2Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓
1Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
2Scarlet Tanager ✓
3Northern Cardinal ✓
1Rose-breasted Grosbeak ✓
1Indigo Bunting ✓
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
3Eastern Bluebird ✓
15Cedar Waxwing ✓
2Black-and-white Warbler ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1White-eyed Vireo ✓
1Red-breasted Nuthatch ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
2American Redstart ✓
1Pine Warbler ✓
1Black-throated Green Warbler ✓
5Chimney Swift ✓
1Blue-headed Vireo ✓
5American Robin ✓
1Ovenbird ✓
10Fish Crow ✓
2Gray-cheeked Thrush ✓
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
3White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
1Winter Wren ✓
2Northern Mockingbird ✓
1Cape May Warbler ✓

October 9

1Mourning Dove ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
2Red-eyed Vireo ✓
2House Finch ✓
6Chipping Sparrow ✓
1Swamp Sparrow ✓
1Common Grackle ✓
1Song Sparrow ✓
1Prairie Warbler ✓

October 8

1Yellow-throated Vireo ✓
4Canada Goose ✓

October 7

1Barred Owl ✓
1Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
1Philadelphia Vireo
1Veery ✓

October 6

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

October 5

1Wilson's Warbler ✓
1Connecticut Warbler
1Peregrine Falcon ✓
1Lincoln's Sparrow ✓
2Chestnut-sided Warbler ✓
4Mallard ✓
2Summer Tanager ✓
1Nashville Warbler ✓
1Northern Harrier ✓
1Acadian Flycatcher ✓

October 4

1Great Horned Owl ✓
1Wild Turkey ✓
1Hooded Warbler ✓
1Sharp-shinned Hawk ✓
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
1Least Flycatcher ✓
1Wood Duck ✓
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
1European Starling ✓
1Yellow-throated Warbler ✓