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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 Run Hill State Natural Area

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

August 25

8Mourning Dove
4Chimney Swift
2Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Cooper's Hawk
1Eastern Screech-Owl
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Great Crested Flycatcher
2Eastern Kingbird
5Blue Jay
1American Crow
1Fish Crow
11Carolina Chickadee
2Purple Martin
4Brown-headed Nuthatch
5Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
3Brown Thrasher
2Northern Mockingbird
1Eastern Bluebird
13American Robin
8House Finch
6Field Sparrow
1American Redstart
1Pine Warbler
4Northern Cardinal

August 23

1Rock Pigeon
2Chuck-will's-widow
1Black-bellied Plover
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Sanderling
2Least Sandpiper
10Laughing Gull
7American Herring Gull
1Great Black-backed Gull
1Caspian Tern
5Forster's Tern
1Common Tern
42Royal Tern
63Double-crested Cormorant
24White Ibis
1Green Heron
1Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
2Brown Pelican
10Osprey
1Bald Eagle
1Red-tailed Hawk
4Great Horned Owl
2Belted Kingfisher
4Northern Flicker
1Red-eyed Vireo
5Tree Swallow
10Barn Swallow
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Northern House Wren
2European Starling
1Eastern Towhee
1Bobolink
1Baltimore Oriole
158Red-winged Blackbird
1Brown-headed Cowbird
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Common Yellowthroat
2Summer Tanager
10Blue Grosbeak