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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.

October 7

16Canada Goose ✓
22Rock Pigeon ✓
4Mourning Dove ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Northern Harrier ✓
2Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
2Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
6Northern Flicker ✓
1Merlin ✓
3Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
4Eastern Phoebe ✓
1Yellow-throated Vireo ✓
6Blue Jay ✓
64American Crow ✓
6Carolina Chickadee ✓
6Tufted Titmouse ✓
3White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
1Winter Wren ✓
8Carolina Wren ✓
2Gray Catbird ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
3Northern Mockingbird ✓
4Eastern Bluebird ✓
1Swainson's Thrush ✓
2American Pipit ✓
8House Finch ✓
4American Goldfinch ✓
2Field Sparrow ✓
2White-throated Sparrow ✓
1Savannah Sparrow ✓
16Song Sparrow ✓
3Swamp Sparrow ✓
3Eastern Towhee ✓
10Eastern Meadowlark ✓
1Tennessee Warbler ✓
4Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Bay-breasted Warbler ✓
3Palm Warbler ✓
2Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
6Northern Cardinal ✓
2Rose-breasted Grosbeak ✓
2Indigo Bunting ✓

October 5

6Eurasian Collared-Dove ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Blue-headed Vireo ✓
1Chipping Sparrow ✓
1Scarlet Tanager ✓
1Blue Grosbeak ✓

October 4

2Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
1Osprey ✓
1Bald Eagle ✓
21Cedar Waxwing ✓
1Bobolink ✓
1Chestnut-sided Warbler ✓