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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 Guilford County Farm/Howerton Rd. (Guilford Co.)

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

October 1

4Mourning Dove ✓
4Chimney Swift ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
1Black Vulture ✓
7Turkey Vulture ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
2Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
1American Kestrel ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
2Blue Jay ✓
4American Crow ✓
3Fish Crow ✓
4Carolina Chickadee ✓
14Tree Swallow ✓
25European Starling ✓
1Gray Catbird ✓
6Northern Mockingbird ✓
4Eastern Bluebird ✓
1House Finch ✓
3American Goldfinch ✓
1Chipping Sparrow ✓
1Field Sparrow ✓
1Song Sparrow ✓
2Bobolink ✓
1Tennessee Warbler ✓
2Common Yellowthroat ✓
4Palm Warbler ✓
3Northern Cardinal ✓
2Indigo Bunting ✓
3Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
12Killdeer ✓
1Sharp-shinned Hawk ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
2Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
1Tufted Titmouse ✓
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow ✓
5Carolina Wren ✓
5Brown Thrasher ✓
6American Robin ✓
1Swamp Sparrow
1American Redstart ✓
1Cape May Warbler ✓
1Northern Yellow Warbler ✓
2Rose-breasted Grosbeak ✓
3Blue Grosbeak ✓

September 29

34Canada Goose ✓
2Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
1Swainson's Thrush ✓
1Eastern Meadowlark ✓
1Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓

September 27

12Rock Pigeon ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
4Savannah Sparrow ✓
10Red-winged Blackbird ✓
1Magnolia Warbler ✓

September 25

1Green Heron ✓
1Bald Eagle ✓
1White-eyed Vireo ✓
1Common Raven ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
2Black-and-white Warbler ✓
2Northern Parula ✓
1Bay-breasted Warbler ✓
3Black-throated Green Warbler ✓