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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 Botany Bay Plantation WMA

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

October 24

1Tricolored Heron ✓
1Great Egret ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Carolina Chickadee ✓
3Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
4Willet ✓
6Ruddy Turnstone ✓
3Sanderling ✓
10Dunlin ✓
1Wood Stork ✓
1Double-crested Cormorant ✓
1Snowy Egret ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
5Brown Pelican ✓
2Black Vulture ✓
9Turkey Vulture ✓
1Merlin ✓
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓

October 23

1Killdeer ✓
2Roseate Spoonbill ✓
2Little Blue Heron ✓
3Osprey ✓
2Sharp-shinned Hawk ✓
5Cooper's Hawk ✓
8Northern Harrier ✓
4Bald Eagle ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
9American Kestrel ✓
2Eastern Phoebe ✓
5American Crow ✓
5Tufted Titmouse ✓
80Tree Swallow ✓
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow ✓
1Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
17Eastern Bluebird ✓
1White-crowned Sparrow ✓
30Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Pine Warbler ✓

October 22

1Mourning Dove ✓
1White Ibis ✓
1Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
3Blue Jay ✓
1Northern Cardinal ✓
1Piping Plover ✓
3Fish Crow ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Clapper Rail ✓
3Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
3Peregrine Falcon
2Black-bellied Plover ✓
3Royal Tern ✓
2Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
2White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
3Northern House Wren ✓
4Carolina Wren ✓
4Gray Catbird ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
1Hermit Thrush ✓
4House Finch ✓
1Savannah Sparrow ✓
2Song Sparrow ✓
2Swamp Sparrow ✓
5Eastern Towhee ✓
2Red-winged Blackbird ✓
2Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
2Wild Turkey ✓
2Painted Bunting ✓

October 18

1Semipalmated Plover ✓
9Red Knot ✓
1Laughing Gull ✓
5Canada Goose ✓
1Western Sandpiper ✓
4Barn Swallow ✓
2Northern Parula ✓
1Green-winged Teal ✓
2Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
1Anhinga ✓
1Blue-headed Vireo ✓
1Eastern Meadowlark ✓
2Black-and-white Warbler ✓
2American Redstart ✓
2Cape May Warbler ✓
1Blackpoll Warbler ✓
1Prairie Warbler ✓