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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 19

1Great Blue Heron ✓
11Black Vulture ✓
3Turkey Vulture ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
4Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
5Downy Woodpecker ✓
2Hairy Woodpecker ✓
5Northern Flicker ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
4Blue Jay ✓
6American Crow ✓
7Carolina Chickadee ✓
4Tufted Titmouse ✓
3Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
3Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1Brown Creeper ✓
1Winter Wren ✓
4Carolina Wren ✓
2Gray Catbird ✓
2Brown Thrasher ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
9Eastern Bluebird ✓
2Swainson's Thrush ✓
1Hermit Thrush ✓
8Cedar Waxwing ✓
2House Finch ✓
5Chipping Sparrow ✓
11White-throated Sparrow ✓
3Song Sparrow ✓
3Swamp Sparrow ✓
2Eastern Towhee ✓
13Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
6Northern Cardinal ✓
1Indigo Bunting ✓

October 18

20American Robin ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
2Wood Duck ✓

October 16

1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1White-eyed Vireo ✓
1Gray-cheeked Thrush ✓
1Wood Thrush ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Magnolia Warbler ✓
2Pine Warbler ✓
1Sharp-shinned Hawk ✓
6Fish Crow ✓
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Red-breasted Nuthatch ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
2American Goldfinch ✓
2Black-and-white Warbler ✓
1Northern Parula ✓
3Scarlet Tanager ✓

October 15

1European Starling ✓
2Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
1Common Grackle ✓
1Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
1Nashville Warbler ✓
1Rose-breasted Grosbeak ✓

October 13

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