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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 13

1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
2Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
4Blue Jay ✓
3Carolina Chickadee ✓
2Tufted Titmouse ✓
5Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
4Carolina Wren ✓
2Gray Catbird ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
4Eastern Bluebird ✓
10American Robin ✓
5House Finch ✓
1Eastern Towhee ✓
3American Redstart ✓
1Northern Parula ✓
3Northern Cardinal ✓
1Black Vulture ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
1Philadelphia Vireo ✓
6American Crow ✓
1Wood Thrush ✓
12Cedar Waxwing ✓
3American Goldfinch ✓
1Song Sparrow ✓
2Magnolia Warbler ✓
5Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
1Indigo Bunting ✓

October 12

1Mourning Dove ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
1Winter Wren ✓
1Swamp Sparrow ✓
13Canada Goose ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
1Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1Chipping Sparrow ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Pine Warbler ✓
1Blue-headed Vireo ✓
3Red-eyed Vireo ✓
4Swainson's Thrush ✓
1White-throated Sparrow ✓
2Black-and-white Warbler ✓
1Black-throated Green Warbler ✓
2Scarlet Tanager ✓
1American Kestrel ✓
2Fish Crow ✓
1Field Sparrow ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓

October 11

1Great Blue Heron ✓
1Blue Grosbeak ✓

October 10

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

October 9

1Common Grackle ✓
1Prairie Warbler ✓

October 8

1Yellow-throated Vireo ✓

October 7

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