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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 Junaluska

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

November 2

XCanada Goose ✓
XMute Swan ✓
3Wood Duck ✓
XMallard ✓
XAmerican Coot ✓
XDouble-crested Cormorant ✓
XBelted Kingfisher ✓
XBlue Jay ✓
5Ruddy Duck ✓
5Pied-billed Grebe ✓
5Turkey Vulture ✓
2Bald Eagle ✓
5American Crow ✓
2Fish Crow ✓
2Carolina Chickadee ✓
1Tufted Titmouse ✓
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
2Carolina Wren ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
6Eastern Bluebird ✓
12American Robin ✓
5House Finch ✓
2Chipping Sparrow ✓
1White-throated Sparrow ✓
5Song Sparrow ✓
1Eastern Towhee ✓
3Tennessee Warbler
3Cape May Warbler
2Bay-breasted Warbler
2Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
2Northern Cardinal ✓

November 1

1Red-necked Grebe
2Graylag Goose ✓
1Egyptian Goose ✓
2Blue-winged Teal ✓
5Northern Shoveler ✓
3Gadwall ✓
2American Wigeon ✓
4American Black Duck ✓
1Northern Pintail ✓
2Green-winged Teal ✓
1Canvasback ✓
2Redhead ✓
2Ring-necked Duck ✓
3Greater Scaup ✓
2Lesser Scaup ✓
7Bufflehead ✓
5Hooded Merganser ✓
2Common Merganser ✓
1Red-breasted Merganser ✓
6Wild Turkey ✓
2Ruffed Grouse ✓
1Indian Peafowl ✓
6Rock Pigeon ✓
3Eurasian Collared-Dove ✓
2Mourning Dove ✓
2Killdeer ✓
1American Woodcock ✓
1Wilson's Snipe ✓
2Lesser Yellowlegs ✓
4Greater Yellowlegs ✓
1Forster's Tern ✓
3Horned Grebe ✓
6Common Loon ✓
1Green Heron ✓
1Great Egret ✓
3Great Blue Heron ✓
2Black Vulture ✓
5Osprey ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
2Eastern Screech-Owl ✓
3Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
2Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
3Downy Woodpecker ✓
4Hairy Woodpecker ✓
2Pileated Woodpecker ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
1American Kestrel ✓
4Eastern Phoebe ✓
2Blue-headed Vireo ✓
2Common Raven ✓
3Horned Lark ✓
2Tree Swallow ✓
3Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
2White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
1Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
5Red-breasted Nuthatch ✓
3Brown Creeper ✓
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
2Winter Wren ✓
14European Starling ✓
2Gray Catbird ✓
3Brown Thrasher ✓
2Hermit Thrush ✓
2Cedar Waxwing ✓
1House Sparrow ✓
5American Pipit ✓
1Purple Finch ✓
3Red Crossbill ✓
2Pine Siskin ✓
7American Goldfinch ✓
3Field Sparrow ✓
2Fox Sparrow ✓
8Dark-eyed Junco ✓
3White-crowned Sparrow ✓
2Vesper Sparrow ✓
3Savannah Sparrow ✓
1Swamp Sparrow ✓
2Bobolink ✓
1Eastern Meadowlark ✓
4Red-winged Blackbird ✓
2Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
1Rusty Blackbird ✓
7Common Grackle ✓
2Black-and-white Warbler ✓
4Orange-crowned Warbler ✓
1Nashville Warbler ✓
3American Redstart ✓
2Palm Warbler ✓
7Pine Warbler ✓