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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.

November 5

74Canada Goose ✓
7Mourning Dove ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
15Black Vulture ✓
14Turkey Vulture ✓
2Sharp-shinned Hawk ✓
2Cooper's Hawk ✓
2Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
5Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
5Northern Flicker ✓
1American Kestrel ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
13Blue Jay ✓
30American Crow ✓
1Fish Crow ✓
1Common Raven ✓
2Tufted Titmouse ✓
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
4Carolina Wren ✓
124European Starling ✓
2Brown Thrasher ✓
12Northern Mockingbird ✓
27Eastern Bluebird ✓
3American Robin ✓
5House Finch ✓
25Pine Siskin ✓
8American Goldfinch ✓
4Chipping Sparrow ✓
21Field Sparrow ✓
7White-crowned Sparrow ✓
18White-throated Sparrow ✓
8Savannah Sparrow ✓
46Song Sparrow ✓
3Lincoln's Sparrow ✓
8Swamp Sparrow ✓
1Eastern Towhee ✓
2Eastern Meadowlark ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓
1Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
18Northern Cardinal ✓

November 3

1Northern Harrier ✓
1Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
2Carolina Chickadee ✓
4Cedar Waxwing ✓
2Red-winged Blackbird ✓

November 1

1Winter Wren ✓
1Vesper Sparrow ✓
2Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
3Rock Pigeon ✓
1Killdeer ✓
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
4Dark-eyed Junco ✓
1Common Grackle ✓

October 31

2Pileated Woodpecker ✓
1Merlin ✓
5Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
2Northern House Wren ✓
1Grasshopper Sparrow ✓