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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 Biltmore Estate--Deer Park River Trail

Only the most recent report per species is shown. Some reports may be pending verification.

May 16

45Canada Goose
1Mourning Dove
2Turkey Vulture
2Red-tailed Hawk
1Belted Kingfisher
6American Crow
7Barn Swallow
1Carolina Wren
15European Starling
1Eastern Bluebird
1American Robin
3American Goldfinch
1Song Sparrow
1Eastern Meadowlark
4Red-winged Blackbird
2Northern Cardinal
1Indigo Bunting
1Eastern Kingbird
1Blue Jay
1Fish Crow
1Tree Swallow
2Purple Martin
3Cliff Swallow
3Northern Mockingbird
1Grasshopper Sparrow
1Chipping Sparrow
1Orchard Oriole
3Double-crested Cormorant
1Green Heron
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
2Eastern Phoebe
2Red-eyed Vireo
2Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1White-breasted Nuthatch
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Wood Thrush
2Eastern Towhee
3Brown-headed Cowbird
1Worm-eating Warbler
1American Redstart
1Northern Parula

May 15

1Killdeer
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1Carolina Chickadee
2Tufted Titmouse
1Gray Catbird
5Cedar Waxwing
2House Finch
1Solitary Sandpiper
1Osprey
1Chimney Swift
1Pectoral Sandpiper
1Blue Grosbeak
1Common Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat
1Lark Sparrow
1Savannah Sparrow

May 14

2Mallard
1Cooper's Hawk
1Pileated Woodpecker
1White-eyed Vireo
1Common Raven
2Brown Thrasher
7Bobolink
1Northern Waterthrush
1Blackpoll Warbler
1Scarlet Tanager

May 13

1Baltimore Oriole
1Yellow Warbler
1Blue-headed Vireo
1Tennessee Warbler
5Wild Turkey
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Yellow-throated Vireo
1House Wren

May 12

1House Sparrow
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Downy Woodpecker
1Swainson's Thrush
2Field Sparrow
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Magnolia Warbler
2Yellow-throated Warbler

May 11

17Least Sandpiper
2Black Vulture
4Wood Duck
1Prothonotary Warbler
1Hooded Warbler

May 10

2Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Palm Warbler
1Sharp-shinned Hawk
1Northern Flicker
1Bank Swallow