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The Carolina Bird Club, Inc., is a non-profit educational and scientific association open to anyone interested in the study and conservation of wildlife, particularly birds.

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 North River Farms (permission required)

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

September 29

5Wood Duck ✓
10Wild Turkey ✓
8Killdeer ✓
8Semipalmated Plover ✓
150White Ibis ✓
8Snowy Egret ✓
1Western Cattle-Egret ✓
4Great Egret ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
2Northern Harrier ✓
1Bald Eagle ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1Great Horned Owl ✓
2Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
2Pileated Woodpecker ✓
2Northern Flicker ✓
1American Kestrel ✓
1Merlin ✓
2White-eyed Vireo ✓
1Blue Jay ✓
5American Crow ✓
9Carolina Chickadee ✓
4Tufted Titmouse ✓
3Carolina Wren ✓
4Gray Catbird ✓
2Northern Mockingbird ✓
1American Robin ✓
1House Finch ✓
1Eastern Towhee ✓
1Red-winged Blackbird ✓
5Common Yellowthroat ✓
3Northern Cardinal ✓
3Indigo Bunting ✓
16Canada Goose ✓
6Mourning Dove ✓
1Greater Yellowlegs ✓
1Pied-billed Grebe ✓
3Little Blue Heron ✓
1Osprey ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
2Eastern Phoebe ✓
3Red-eyed Vireo ✓
1Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
2Brown Thrasher ✓
1Eastern Bluebird ✓
1Yellow-breasted Chat ✓
1Bobolink ✓
2Eastern Meadowlark ✓
1Northern Waterthrush ✓
3Black-and-white Warbler ✓
1American Redstart ✓
1Pine Warbler ✓
2Blue Grosbeak ✓

September 28

2Mallard ✓
8American Black Duck ✓
1Lesser Yellowlegs ✓
2Least Sandpiper ✓
2Belted Kingfisher ✓
4Fish Crow ✓
25Common Grackle ✓
2Palm Warbler ✓
1Blue-winged Teal ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
2Clapper Rail ✓
1Virginia Rail ✓
2Solitary Sandpiper ✓
2Tricolored Heron ✓
1Sharp-shinned Hawk ✓
2Eastern Screech-Owl ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
3Eastern Kingbird ✓
2Tree Swallow ✓
1Marsh Wren ✓
1Cape May Warbler ✓
1Northern Parula ✓
5Magnolia Warbler ✓
2Northern Yellow Warbler ✓
1Chestnut-sided Warbler ✓
2Prairie Warbler ✓
1Summer Tanager ✓
1Scarlet Tanager ✓
1Rose-breasted Grosbeak ✓

September 27

2Purple Martin ✓
1Orchard Oriole ✓

September 26

2Green-winged Teal ✓
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
1Black-bellied Plover ✓
6Semipalmated Sandpiper ✓
1Glossy Ibis ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Least Flycatcher ✓
1Savannah Sparrow ✓
2Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
8Cedar Waxwing ✓
1Red-headed Woodpecker ✓