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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 Charles Towne Landing

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

February 28

2Canada Goose
4American Black Duck
3Ring-necked Duck
15Hooded Merganser
1Mourning Dove
1Clapper Rail
40Black-bellied Plover
1Killdeer
10Semipalmated Plover
20Short-billed Dowitcher
2Long-billed Dowitcher
6Willet
1Greater Yellowlegs
1Ruddy Turnstone
600Dunlin
10Least Sandpiper
20Western Sandpiper
1Laughing Gull
1Forster's Tern
2Wood Stork
1Anhinga
8Double-crested Cormorant
2White Ibis
1Black-crowned Night Heron
5Snowy Egret
7Great Egret
4Great Blue Heron
1Brown Pelican
2Turkey Vulture
1Bald Eagle
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Belted Kingfisher
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
5Downy Woodpecker
2Pileated Woodpecker
2Northern Flicker
3Eastern Phoebe
1White-eyed Vireo
2Blue Jay
3American Crow
3Carolina Chickadee
3Tufted Titmouse
3Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Marsh Wren
4Carolina Wren
1Brown Thrasher
1Northern Mockingbird
3Eastern Bluebird
1Hermit Thrush
10American Robin
XCedar Waxwing
1Purple Finch
1American Goldfinch
1White-throated Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
35Red-winged Blackbird
35Boat-tailed Grackle
1Black-and-white Warbler
6Palm Warbler
5Pine Warbler
25Yellow-rumped Warbler
5Northern Cardinal
2Mallard
1Lesser Yellowlegs
2Bonaparte's Gull
1American Herring Gull
2Tricolored Heron
1Black Vulture
1Northern Harrier
1Fish Crow
2Purple Martin
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Seaside Sparrow
4Rusty Blackbird
1Wild Turkey
4Ring-billed Gull
1Dark-eyed Junco

February 27

2Wood Duck
2Green-winged Teal
1Green Heron
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Eastern Screech-Owl
1Barred Owl
1Chipping Sparrow
1Orange-crowned Warbler
1Northern House Wren
2House Finch
1Yellow-throated Warbler
1Blue-headed Vireo
1Common Grackle

February 26

4Mottled Duck

February 25

4Brown-headed Cowbird

February 24

2Cooper's Hawk