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The Carolina Bird Club, Inc., is a non-profit educational and scientific association open to anyone interested in the study and conservation of wildlife, particularly birds.

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 Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance

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

May 24

10Mallard
2Spotted Sandpiper
2Double-crested Cormorant
2Great Blue Heron
2Great Crested Flycatcher
1American Crow
1Fish Crow
1Tufted Titmouse
4Northern Rough-winged Swallow
4Barn Swallow
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
3Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Carolina Wren
1European Starling
1Northern Mockingbird
1Eastern Towhee
1Yellow-throated Warbler
3Northern Cardinal
1Wood Duck
1Mourning Dove
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Black-necked Stilt
1Killdeer
3Least Sandpiper
2Laughing Gull
1Bald Eagle
1Downy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Acadian Flycatcher
1Eastern Phoebe
1Eastern Kingbird
1Red-eyed Vireo
2Carolina Chickadee
2Bank Swallow
1Tree Swallow
1Purple Martin
1Eastern Bluebird
2American Goldfinch
2Red-winged Blackbird
3Common Grackle
2Pine Warbler
1Blue Grosbeak
1Indigo Bunting
5Canada Goose
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
1American Robin

May 23

1Summer Tanager
1Hooded Merganser
1Blue-headed Vireo
1Common Yellowthroat
5Chimney Swift
1House Finch
1Black Vulture
3Turkey Vulture
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Blue Jay
1Cooper's Hawk
1Hairy Woodpecker
1Ring-billed Gull
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Brown Thrasher
1Brown-headed Cowbird
1Semipalmated Plover
1Osprey
2Cliff Swallow
1Chipping Sparrow
1Black-bellied Plover
1Song Sparrow
1Gray Catbird
1Northern Parula
1Belted Kingfisher
1Dunlin
1Great Egret

May 22

1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Solitary Sandpiper
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1American Redstart
1Orchard Oriole
1Red-tailed Hawk

May 21

1Prothonotary Warbler

May 20

1White-eyed Vireo

May 18

2Barred Owl
1Northern Flicker