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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 99 Island Reservoir-West Side

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

May 16

2Canada Goose
1Great Blue Heron
2Black Vulture
1Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
1Louisiana Waterthrush
4Northern Cardinal
1Indigo Bunting
2Mallard
1Mourning Dove
3Double-crested Cormorant
2Barred Owl
2Belted Kingfisher
1Downy Woodpecker
2Eastern Kingbird
1White-eyed Vireo
2Yellow-throated Vireo
1Red-eyed Vireo
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow
2Barn Swallow
8Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1American Robin
2American Goldfinch
1Orchard Oriole
3Red-winged Blackbird
2Prothonotary Warbler
5Common Yellowthroat
1American Black Duck
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Chuck-will's-widow
10Spotted Sandpiper
3Solitary Sandpiper
14Least Sandpiper
1Green Heron
3Great Egret
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
1Carolina Chickadee
8Tree Swallow
1Purple Martin
10Cliff Swallow
1Sedge Wren
1Eastern Towhee
1Black-and-white Warbler
2Swainson's Warbler
1Northern Yellow Warbler
2Pine Warbler
2Yellow-throated Warbler
3Summer Tanager
1Scarlet Tanager