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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.

November 10

15Canada Goose ✓
3Egyptian Goose ✓
2Mallard ✓
140American Coot ✓
4Pied-billed Grebe ✓
1Common Loon ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
1Blue Jay ✓
2American Crow ✓
2Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
2Eastern Bluebird ✓
1Hermit Thrush ✓
2House Finch ✓
1Song Sparrow ✓
1Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
1Northern Cardinal ✓

November 9

XGraylag Goose ✓
XGraylag x Canada Goose (hybrid) ✓
1Muscovy Duck ✓
2Ring-necked Duck ✓
1Double-crested Cormorant ✓
3Turkey Vulture ✓
1Bald Eagle ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
XAmerican Goldfinch ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
4Dark-eyed Junco ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
1Carolina Chickadee ✓
1Tufted Titmouse ✓
1Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1Carolina Wren ✓
1House Sparrow ✓
2Eastern Towhee ✓

November 8

1Ruddy Duck ✓
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
2Hooded Merganser ✓
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
2American Pipit ✓
1Wood Duck ✓

November 7

1Downy Woodpecker ✓
2American Robin ✓
1Black Scoter
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
2Swan Goose ✓
6Greater Scaup ✓
48Lesser Scaup ✓
1Rock Pigeon ✓
2White-throated Sparrow ✓
3American Wigeon ✓
3Northern Pintail ✓
2Gadwall ✓
2Mourning Dove ✓
1Ring-billed Gull ✓
1Western Cattle-Egret
1Great Egret
1European Starling ✓
1Green-winged Teal ✓
1Fish Crow ✓

November 5

16Blue-winged Teal ✓
3Northern Shoveler ✓
5Franklin's Gull
5Black Vulture ✓
1Forster's Tern ✓
1Red-winged Blackbird ✓
1American Golden-Plover

November 4

3Cedar Waxwing ✓