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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 McDowell Prairie

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

October 25

9Canada Goose ✓
2Mourning Dove ✓
1Northern Harrier ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
4Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
3Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
5Downy Woodpecker ✓
2Hairy Woodpecker ✓
4Northern Flicker ✓
2Eastern Phoebe ✓
7Blue Jay ✓
3American Crow ✓
4Carolina Chickadee ✓
4Tufted Titmouse ✓
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
5Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
7Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
2Red-breasted Nuthatch ✓
2Brown Creeper ✓
2Northern House Wren ✓
4Carolina Wren ✓
2Brown Thrasher ✓
5Northern Mockingbird ✓
17Eastern Bluebird ✓
5American Robin ✓
7Cedar Waxwing ✓
13House Finch ✓
1Pine Siskin ✓
3American Goldfinch ✓
12Chipping Sparrow ✓
6Field Sparrow ✓
2Dark-eyed Junco ✓
7White-throated Sparrow ✓
2Savannah Sparrow ✓
8Song Sparrow ✓
4Swamp Sparrow ✓
3Eastern Towhee ✓
3Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
5Common Grackle ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
2Palm Warbler ✓
4Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
5Northern Cardinal ✓

October 24

4Black Vulture ✓
2Turkey Vulture ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
1European Starling ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
2Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
2Hermit Thrush ✓
1Grasshopper Sparrow ✓
3Pine Warbler ✓

October 22

1Great Blue Heron ✓
1Philadelphia Vireo ✓
1Red-eyed Vireo ✓
1House Sparrow ✓
1Orange-crowned Warbler ✓
1Blue Grosbeak ✓

October 21

1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
1Winter Wren ✓
1Gray Catbird ✓
1American Redstart ✓
1Magnolia Warbler ✓

October 20

2Tennessee Warbler ✓
1Killdeer ✓
1Fish Crow ✓
2White-crowned Sparrow ✓
1Vesper Sparrow ✓
1Eastern Meadowlark ✓
1Black-and-white Warbler ✓