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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 Sullivan's Island Nature Trail

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

October 9

1Royal Tern ✓
12Brown Pelican ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
4Downy Woodpecker ✓
3Northern Flicker ✓
1White-eyed Vireo ✓
1Red-eyed Vireo ✓
5Blue Jay ✓
5American Crow ✓
5Carolina Chickadee ✓
4Tufted Titmouse ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
7Carolina Wren ✓
31Gray Catbird ✓
10Brown Thrasher ✓
2Northern Mockingbird ✓
3Eastern Bluebird ✓
2Veery ✓
5Swainson's Thrush ✓
1American Pipit ✓
5House Finch ✓
1Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
1Ovenbird ✓
1Northern Waterthrush ✓
1Black-and-white Warbler ✓
2Common Yellowthroat ✓
6American Redstart ✓
1Cape May Warbler ✓
2Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
11Northern Cardinal ✓
1Blue Grosbeak ✓
2Indigo Bunting ✓

October 8

3Wood Stork ✓
1Osprey ✓
70Tree Swallow ✓
1Seaside Sparrow ✓
2Blackpoll Warbler ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓
2Mourning Dove ✓
1Great Horned Owl ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
1American Kestrel ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
3Painted Bunting ✓
4Ring-billed Gull ✓
10Cedar Waxwing

October 7

3Laughing Gull ✓
3House Sparrow ✓
2Northern Parula ✓
1Magnolia Warbler ✓
1Merlin ✓
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Gray-cheeked Thrush ✓
1Black-throated Green Warbler ✓
1Bald Eagle ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
6Barn Swallow ✓
1Connecticut Warbler
1Yellow-throated Warbler ✓
3Prairie Warbler ✓
1Chuck-will's-widow ✓
1Willet ✓
5Sanderling ✓
1American Herring Gull ✓
2Sandwich Tern ✓
4Double-crested Cormorant ✓
55White Ibis ✓
3Great Egret ✓
4Northern Harrier ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
1Common Grackle ✓
1Northern Yellow Warbler ✓

October 4

1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓

October 3

1Great Blue Heron ✓
1Mallard ✓
8Chimney Swift ✓
1Bell's Vireo
1Fish Crow ✓
1American Goldfinch ✓
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
1American Robin ✓