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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 21

2Canada Goose ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
1Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
3Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
2Northern Flicker ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
2Blue Jay ✓
4American Crow ✓
5Carolina Chickadee ✓
2Tufted Titmouse ✓
3Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
6Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
2Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
2Brown Creeper ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
6Carolina Wren ✓
5Eastern Bluebird ✓
1Hermit Thrush ✓
3American Robin ✓
1House Finch ✓
1American Goldfinch ✓
2Chipping Sparrow ✓
16White-throated Sparrow ✓
1Swamp Sparrow ✓
4Eastern Towhee ✓
1Magnolia Warbler ✓
6Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
11Northern Cardinal ✓

October 20

1Great Blue Heron ✓
2Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
2Cedar Waxwing ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
2Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
2Gray Catbird ✓
1Dark-eyed Junco ✓
4Song Sparrow ✓
1Bay-breasted Warbler ✓
2Palm Warbler ✓
6Pine Warbler ✓

October 19

11Black Vulture ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
1Winter Wren ✓
2Brown Thrasher ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
2Swainson's Thrush ✓
1Indigo Bunting ✓

October 18

1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
2Wood Duck ✓

October 16

1White-eyed Vireo ✓
1Gray-cheeked Thrush ✓
1Wood Thrush ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Sharp-shinned Hawk ✓
6Fish Crow ✓
1Red-breasted Nuthatch ✓
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 ✓