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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 Mid Pines Rd.

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

November 1

20Rock Pigeon ✓
4Mourning Dove ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
4American Crow ✓
1Carolina Chickadee ✓
1Tufted Titmouse ✓
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Carolina Wren ✓
1European Starling ✓
2Northern Mockingbird ✓
4Eastern Bluebird ✓
1American Robin ✓
2American Goldfinch ✓
1Field Sparrow ✓
1White-crowned Sparrow ✓
8White-throated Sparrow ✓
6Song Sparrow ✓
4Swamp Sparrow ✓
60Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
2Palm Warbler ✓
1Northern Cardinal ✓
3Canada Goose ✓
6Killdeer ✓
2Black Vulture ✓
4Eastern Phoebe ✓
1Blue Jay ✓
2Fish Crow ✓
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1Merlin ✓
1Common Raven ✓
12Horned Lark ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
2Chipping Sparrow ✓
6Savannah Sparrow ✓
1Eastern Towhee ✓
2Eastern Meadowlark ✓
2Red-winged Blackbird ✓
4Common Grackle ✓
4Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
2American Pipit ✓
5House Finch ✓
1Purple Finch ✓
2Sharp-shinned Hawk ✓
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
1Brown Creeper ✓
4Cedar Waxwing ✓
1Vesper Sparrow ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
1Winter Wren ✓
1Dark-eyed Junco ✓
1Barred Owl ✓

October 31

1Rusty Blackbird ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow ✓
1American Kestrel ✓
1Pine Warbler ✓

October 30

1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
2Pine Siskin ✓

October 29

1House Sparrow ✓
1Hooded Warbler ✓

October 28

1Pectoral Sandpiper ✓
4Tree Swallow ✓
1Hermit Thrush ✓
3Grasshopper Sparrow ✓
1Black-and-white Warbler ✓