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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 16

2Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
1White-eyed Vireo ✓
2American Crow ✓
3Carolina Chickadee ✓
2Tufted Titmouse ✓
4Carolina Wren ✓
3Gray Catbird ✓
6Eastern Bluebird ✓
1Gray-cheeked Thrush ✓
1Wood Thrush ✓
4American Robin ✓
3White-throated Sparrow ✓
2Eastern Towhee ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Magnolia Warbler ✓
2Pine Warbler ✓
8Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
8Northern Cardinal ✓
2Indigo Bunting ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
2Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
3Blue Jay ✓
6Fish Crow ✓
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
4Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1Red-breasted Nuthatch ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
6Cedar Waxwing ✓
3House Finch ✓
2American Goldfinch ✓
1Swamp Sparrow ✓
2Black-and-white Warbler ✓
1Northern Parula ✓
3Scarlet Tanager ✓
4Chipping Sparrow ✓

October 15

1Brown Creeper ✓
1Song Sparrow ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
10Black Vulture ✓
1European Starling ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
2Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
1Common Grackle ✓
1Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Nashville Warbler ✓
1Rose-breasted Grosbeak ✓

October 14

1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓

October 13

2Mourning Dove ✓
2Red-eyed Vireo ✓
3American Redstart ✓
1Blue-headed Vireo ✓
1Philadelphia Vireo ✓

October 12

1Winter Wren ✓
13Canada Goose ✓
4Swainson's Thrush ✓
1Black-throated Green Warbler ✓
1American Kestrel ✓
1Field Sparrow ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓

October 11

1Blue Grosbeak ✓

October 10

1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
5Chimney Swift ✓
1Ovenbird ✓
1Cape May Warbler ✓