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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 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.

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

October 20

31Killdeer ✓
5Pectoral Sandpiper ✓
10Ring-billed Gull ✓
11Great Egret ✓
5Great Blue Heron ✓
1American White Pelican ✓
2Turkey Vulture ✓
4Bald Eagle ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
2Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
3Northern Flicker ✓
6Blue Jay ✓
3American Crow ✓
2Carolina Chickadee ✓
1Tufted Titmouse ✓
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
5Carolina Wren ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
4Eastern Bluebird ✓
1House Finch ✓
3American Goldfinch ✓
2Chipping Sparrow ✓
2White-throated Sparrow ✓
8Song Sparrow ✓
2Swamp Sparrow ✓
3Eastern Towhee ✓
1Eastern Meadowlark ✓
1Blackpoll Warbler ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓
2Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
1Northern Cardinal ✓

October 18

1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
2Chimney Swift ✓
1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
12Fish Crow ✓
1Gray Catbird ✓
1Pine Warbler ✓

October 15

1Mourning Dove ✓
1Semipalmated Plover ✓
1Spotted Sandpiper ✓
12Lesser Yellowlegs ✓
1Greater Yellowlegs ✓
7Stilt Sandpiper ✓
10Least Sandpiper ✓
3Double-crested Cormorant ✓
4Common Raven ✓
2Northern House Wren ✓
1American Pipit ✓
1Common Grackle ✓
1Northern Parula ✓
1Yellow-throated Warbler ✓