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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 Lake Julian Park

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

October 17

3Graylag Goose ✓
3Egyptian Goose ✓
10Mallard ✓
5American Black Duck ✓
5American Coot ✓
5Double-crested Cormorant ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
2Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
5American Crow ✓
5Carolina Chickadee ✓
5Tufted Titmouse ✓
3Eastern Bluebird ✓
1Cape May Warbler ✓
2Northern Parula ✓
1Yellow-throated Warbler ✓
1Northern Cardinal ✓
2Canada Goose ✓
7Blue-winged Teal ✓
1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
1Blue-headed Vireo ✓
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
2Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
2Cedar Waxwing ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓

October 16

4Pied-billed Grebe ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
2Blue Jay ✓
1Marsh Wren ✓
1Carolina Wren ✓
1Song Sparrow ✓
1Bald Eagle ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
4American Goldfinch ✓
2Tennessee Warbler ✓
1Bay-breasted Warbler ✓
1Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓

October 12

2Muscovy Duck ✓
3Turkey Vulture ✓
XHouse Finch ✓
1Blackburnian Warbler ✓
1Red-winged Blackbird ✓
5Northern Mockingbird ✓
1American Robin ✓
1Eastern Towhee ✓
8Chimney Swift ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
1White-throated Sparrow ✓

October 11

1Graylag x Canada Goose (hybrid) ✓
1Laughing Gull ✓
1Osprey ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
2Fish Crow ✓
1Domestic goose sp. x Canada Goose (hybrid) ✓
2Mourning Dove ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
10European Starling ✓
1Magnolia Warbler ✓
1Blackpoll Warbler ✓
1Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
3Pine Warbler ✓
1Horned Grebe ✓
1Killdeer ✓

October 10

1Northern Harrier ✓