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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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Piephoff, Z. Taylor. 2015. 2014 Report of the North Carolina Bird Records Committee. Chat 79:12–15
Whimbrel (Eurasian) (Numenius phaeopus phaeopus/alboaxillaris): Accepted as valid. (14-09). The NCBRC reviewed and unanimously accepted photographs of an individual from the European subspecies' group in flight, taken between Avon and Buxton (Dare) 6 April 2011 by Eric Frey. There are a handful of reports from the coast of this form but none have been reviewed by the NCBRC until now (LeGrand et al. 2014). Since a definitive subspecies was unable to be discerned from the photos, the NCBRC presumes the record N. p. phaeopus based on geographic probability. As in (14-08), the NCBRC feels this form is in line for species elevation by the A.O.U. and thus places presumed N. p. phaeopus on the Definitive Subspecies List.

LeGrand, Harry E. Jr., Chair. 2007. 2006 Annual Report of the North Carolina Bird Records Committee. Chat 71:1–5
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus phaeopus): Unaccepted sighting. One bird of the European subspecies was reported from an impoundment in Hyde County in December 2005. Because the details were not convincing, the observer was inexperienced, and an immature White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) was observed by a committee member at the exact location a few days earlier, the report was not accepted. The observer presumably saw an immature White Ibis. This subspecies has been reported on several previous occasions in the state, though none of these earlier reports have been reviewed by the committee. Of course, the full species is on the Official List, as it is a relatively common migrant.