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The Carolina Bird Club, Inc., is a non-profit educational and scientific association open to anyone interested in the study and conservation of wildlife, particularly birds.

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 Falls Lake--Old Weaver Trail (Wake Co.)

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

May 18

3Mallard
8Semipalmated Plover
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Ruddy Turnstone
4Dunlin
2Double-crested Cormorant
2Great Egret
5Great Blue Heron
3Turkey Vulture
1Ovenbird
1Chimney Swift
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
4Killdeer
1Solitary Sandpiper
2Greater Yellowlegs
16Least Sandpiper
4Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Osprey
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
1Acadian Flycatcher
1Eastern Phoebe
2Great Crested Flycatcher
1Eastern Kingbird
1Yellow-throated Vireo
2Red-eyed Vireo
1Fish Crow
2Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
2Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
4Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Carolina Wren
1Wood Thrush
1American Goldfinch
1Orchard Oriole
1Baltimore Oriole
2Red-winged Blackbird
1Common Grackle
1Prothonotary Warbler
2Northern Parula
1Yellow-throated Warbler
1Summer Tanager
1Northern Cardinal
1Blue Grosbeak
1Mourning Dove
1Red-headed Woodpecker
2Pileated Woodpecker
1White-eyed Vireo
3Tree Swallow
6Barn Swallow
3Pine Warbler
1Indigo Bunting
2Blue Jay
2American Crow
3Eastern Bluebird
3Chipping Sparrow
2Brown-headed Cowbird
2Wood Duck
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Green Heron
2Bald Eagle
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1American Robin
1Savannah Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
1Bobolink
1Northern Waterthrush
3Common Yellowthroat
2American Redstart
4Canada Goose
1Northern Flicker
1Northern Yellow Warbler

May 17

2Barred Owl
1Rock Pigeon
1Red-necked Phalarope
3Purple Martin
1Black Vulture
2Bank Swallow
1Cliff Swallow
2European Starling
1Gray Catbird
2Song Sparrow
1Yellow-breasted Chat
1Blackpoll Warbler
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Snowy Egret
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Alder Flycatcher
3Cedar Waxwing

May 16

1Peregrine Falcon
1Scarlet Tanager
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Marsh Wren
1Prairie Warbler
1Hairy Woodpecker
1Magnolia Warbler
3House Finch
1Black-and-white Warbler

May 15

1Common Raven
1Northern Mockingbird
1American Pipit
1Cape May Warbler
1Palm Warbler
1Bay-breasted Warbler
1Black-throated Blue Warbler

May 14

1Wild Turkey
2Black-bellied Plover
1Willow Flycatcher