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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 Ferguson Fields (Kituwah Farm)

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

May 8

7Canada Goose
12Chimney Swift
1Great Blue Heron
2Eastern Kingbird
1Blue Jay
3American Crow
1Carolina Chickadee
10Tree Swallow
8Barn Swallow
1Gray Catbird
1Eastern Bluebird
1American Robin
6American Goldfinch
11Field Sparrow
4Song Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
1Yellow-breasted Chat
5Bobolink
7Eastern Meadowlark
4Red-winged Blackbird
5Common Grackle
1Northern Waterthrush
2Tennessee Warbler
3Northern Yellow Warbler
2Blackpoll Warbler
1Northern Cardinal
1Blue Grosbeak
8Indigo Bunting

May 7

4Mourning Dove
1Bald Eagle
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
2Pileated Woodpecker
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
1Eastern Phoebe
7White-eyed Vireo
1Red-eyed Vireo
8Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1Cliff Swallow
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
3Carolina Wren
4Savannah Sparrow
2Common Yellowthroat
4Palm Warbler
2Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Rose-breasted Grosbeak
2Dickcissel

May 5

1Northern Flicker
3Tufted Titmouse
1Brown Thrasher
1Northern Mockingbird
1Wood Thrush
2Cedar Waxwing
2House Finch
1Chipping Sparrow
2White-throated Sparrow
1Baltimore Oriole
1Hooded Warbler
1American Redstart
1Northern Parula
1Chestnut-sided Warbler
1Yellow-throated Warbler
1Scarlet Tanager

May 4

4Turkey Vulture
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Fish Crow
1Pine Siskin
1Dark-eyed Junco
1Prairie Warbler

May 3

1Great Crested Flycatcher
1Blue-headed Vireo
1White-breasted Nuthatch
2Swamp Sparrow
1Orchard Oriole
2Brown-headed Cowbird
1Prothonotary Warbler
1Cape May Warbler

May 2

2Mallard
2Solitary Sandpiper
1Osprey
2European Starling
1Orange-crowned Warbler
1Bay-breasted Warbler
1Canada Warbler