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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 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.

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

November 28

2Pied-billed Grebe
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Great Blue Heron
1Bald Eagle
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Northern Flicker
2Blue Jay
3Carolina Chickadee
3Tufted Titmouse
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
5Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
7Eastern Bluebird
5American Robin
3House Finch
4American Goldfinch
1Chipping Sparrow
1Dark-eyed Junco
15White-throated Sparrow
5Song Sparrow
2Eastern Towhee
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
3Northern Cardinal
204Canada Goose
28Mallard
7Hooded Merganser
7Mourning Dove
5Killdeer
1Belted Kingfisher
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
2Downy Woodpecker
1Hairy Woodpecker
1Eastern Phoebe
4American Crow
3Golden-crowned Kinglet
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Winter Wren
2Hermit Thrush
40Cedar Waxwing
1Purple Finch
1Field Sparrow
2Swamp Sparrow
13Red-winged Blackbird
2Rusty Blackbird
14Common Grackle

November 27

1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1European Starling
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Brown Thrasher

November 22

9Ring-billed Gull
1Turkey Vulture
1Cooper's Hawk
1Northern House Wren