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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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The Chat Volume 25 Number 1 (March 1961)

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Front Matter

Cover of The Chat Volume 25 Number 1 (March 1961)Cover: Eastern Phoebe at nest. Photographed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Matt L. Thompson, Chapel Hill, N. C., by Jack Dermid.


Table of Contents

Contents

Editorial. David W. Johnston 1

Christmas Count—1960 B.R. Chamberlain 2

Backyard Birding. Annie Rivers Faver, editor 11

General Field Notes B. R. Chamberlain, editor 14

Glossy Ibis reported in Piedmont N. C. Thomas E. Street 14

More Fulvous Tree Ducks on the Carolina Coast. B. R. Chamberlain 14

Golden Eagle captured in Ashe County, N. C. Mrs. A. B. Hurt 15

Upland Plover near Wilmington. Maurice Barnhill 15

Phalaropes near Fayetteville, N. C. Doris C. Hauser 16

Colony nesters and high tides at Ocracoke, N. C. Henry A. Hespenheide 16

Saw-whet Owl in upper Coastal S. C. E. C. Clyde, Jr 17

Black-Whiskered Vireo, a new species for N. C. Edna L. Appleberry 17

Tower Casualties at Columbia, S. C. Vivian M. Smith 18

News and Comments 19

Book Reviews 20

Briefs for the Files 21

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