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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 23

3Mourning Dove
3Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Osprey
1Red-headed Woodpecker
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Hairy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
3Eastern Kingbird
2Blue Jay
2American Crow
1Carolina Chickadee
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Carolina Wren
1Summer Tanager
2Northern Cardinal
3Blue Grosbeak
1Chimney Swift
1Black-bellied Plover
2Laughing Gull
4Royal Tern
4Double-crested Cormorant
1Great Egret
7Brown Pelican
4Turkey Vulture
1Bald Eagle
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Belted Kingfisher
1Downy Woodpecker
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1Northern House Wren
3Brown Thrasher
3American Robin
2House Finch
2Field Sparrow
2Baltimore Oriole
11Red-winged Blackbird
1Prairie Warbler
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Least Sandpiper
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
1Fish Crow
4Purple Martin
1Eastern Bluebird
2American Redstart

August 22

13Canada Goose
1American Herring Gull
4Forster's Tern
1Great Blue Heron
1Tufted Titmouse
1Barn Swallow
1Gray Catbird
5Cedar Waxwing
2Chipping Sparrow
1Black-and-white Warbler
7Blue-winged Teal
3Rock Pigeon
1Semipalmated Plover
1Short-billed Dowitcher
5Great Black-backed Gull
2Caspian Tern
3Glossy Ibis
1Budgerigar
1Gray Kingbird
1White-eyed Vireo
1Red-eyed Vireo
5European Starling
1Northern Mockingbird
1Bobolink
4Boat-tailed Grackle
1Yellow Warbler

August 17

2Red-tailed Hawk
3Common Grackle