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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 Currituck Beach

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

June 11

1Little Blue Heron
4Black Skimmer
2Mourning Dove
2Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Chimney Swift
1Semipalmated Plover
4Short-billed Dowitcher
1White-rumped Sandpiper
5Semipalmated Sandpiper
50Laughing Gull
5Great Black-backed Gull
5Forster's Tern
25Common Tern
40Royal Tern
1Common Loon
15Double-crested Cormorant
60Brown Pelican
2Turkey Vulture
5Osprey
1Pileated Woodpecker
1White-eyed Vireo
5American Crow
2Carolina Chickadee
25Purple Martin
5Barn Swallow
2Northern House Wren
2Carolina Wren
5European Starling
2Gray Catbird
2Brown Thrasher
3Northern Mockingbird
2House Sparrow
4House Finch
1Eastern Towhee
1Yellow-breasted Chat
4Brown-headed Cowbird
3Prairie Warbler
5Northern Cardinal
2Blue Grosbeak
2Indigo Bunting

June 10

1Chuck-will's-widow
2Magnificent Frigatebird
4Fish Crow
2Ring-billed Gull
2Sandwich Tern
1Eastern Kingbird
2Common Grackle
2Blue Jay

June 9

1Ruby-throated Hummingbird