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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 Airlie Gardens

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

April 25

1Canada Goose
1Mourning Dove
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Laughing Gull
1Least Tern
1Anhinga
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
1Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1Blue Jay
1American Crow
1Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
1Carolina Wren
1Eastern Bluebird
1House Finch
1White-throated Sparrow
1Northern Parula
1Pine Warbler
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Northern Cardinal
1Painted Bunting

April 24

2Hooded Merganser
2Forster's Tern
1Common Tern
1Common Loon
3Black-crowned Night Heron
1Belted Kingfisher
3Purple Martin
2Barn Swallow
2Brown Thrasher
1Northern Mockingbird
1Wood Duck
1Sharp-shinned Hawk
4Red-shouldered Hawk
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
6Eastern Towhee

April 23

4Chimney Swift
1Green Heron
2Fish Crow
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet
5Gray Catbird
2Hermit Thrush
11Cedar Waxwing
3Brown-headed Cowbird
1Common Grackle

April 22

1White-eyed Vireo
1Red-eyed Vireo
2Tree Swallow
1House Wren
3Chipping Sparrow
3Red-winged Blackbird
2Black-and-white Warbler

April 20

9Mallard
1Greater Yellowlegs
8White Ibis

April 19

10Sanderling
1Ring-billed Gull
2Snowy Egret
1Bald Eagle
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Red-headed Woodpecker
1Acadian Flycatcher
1Eastern Phoebe
5Brown-headed Nuthatch
1American Goldfinch
1Blue-headed Vireo
1Baltimore Oriole