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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 Crabtree County Park

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

October 26

4Northern Shoveler ✓
2Ring-necked Duck ✓
60Double-crested Cormorant ✓
7Great Blue Heron ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
2Northern Flicker ✓
2Blue Jay ✓
6American Crow ✓
2Carolina Chickadee ✓
2Tufted Titmouse ✓
4Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
2Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
2Carolina Wren ✓
1American Goldfinch ✓
3Pine Warbler ✓
5Northern Cardinal ✓
1Canada Goose ✓
1Mourning Dove ✓
1Ring-billed Gull ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
1Bald Eagle ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
2Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
4Eastern Bluebird ✓
2American Robin ✓
3House Finch ✓
4Chipping Sparrow ✓
3Dark-eyed Junco ✓
5White-throated Sparrow ✓
4Song Sparrow ✓
1Swamp Sparrow ✓
1Red-winged Blackbird ✓
33Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
2Mallard ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
1Hermit Thrush ✓
1Common Grackle ✓

October 25

1Killdeer ✓
1Least Sandpiper ✓
1Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
1Cape May Warbler ✓

October 24

2Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Black Vulture ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
2Field Sparrow ✓
2Palm Warbler ✓

October 23

1Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓

October 22

1Hooded Merganser ✓
2Ruddy Duck ✓
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
1Eastern Towhee ✓

October 21

1Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Bonaparte's Gull ✓
1Pied-billed Grebe ✓
1Great Egret ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
1Brown-headed Cowbird ✓