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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 McDowell Prairie

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

September 27

47Canada Goose ✓
3Mourning Dove ✓
5Chimney Swift ✓
2Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
3Black Vulture ✓
2Turkey Vulture ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
2Northern Harrier
2Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
3Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
2Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
2Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
4Eastern Phoebe ✓
2White-eyed Vireo ✓
2Blue Jay ✓
3American Crow ✓
2Fish Crow ✓
3Carolina Chickadee ✓
3Tufted Titmouse ✓
4Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
2Carolina Wren ✓
2Gray Catbird ✓
2Brown Thrasher ✓
5Northern Mockingbird ✓
5Eastern Bluebird ✓
7American Robin ✓
32House Finch ✓
5American Goldfinch ✓
3Chipping Sparrow ✓
2Field Sparrow ✓
2Song Sparrow ✓
4Eastern Towhee ✓
2Bobolink ✓
3Red-winged Blackbird ✓
3Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
5Common Grackle ✓
1Northern Waterthrush ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓
2Pine Warbler ✓
7Northern Cardinal ✓
2Indigo Bunting ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
1Acadian Flycatcher ✓
1Red-eyed Vireo ✓
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
1Prairie Warbler ✓

September 26

1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
2Black-and-white Warbler ✓
3American Redstart ✓
1Magnolia Warbler ✓
1Bay-breasted Warbler ✓
1Rose-breasted Grosbeak ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
2European Starling ✓
1Gray-cheeked Thrush ✓
3Swainson's Thrush ✓
1Eastern Meadowlark ✓
1Ovenbird ✓
4Tennessee Warbler ✓
2Cape May Warbler ✓
3Northern Parula ✓
1Blackburnian Warbler ✓
1Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
1Yellow-throated Warbler ✓
1Black-throated Green Warbler ✓
2Summer Tanager ✓
1Blue Grosbeak ✓

September 25

1Solitary Sandpiper ✓

September 21

2Killdeer ✓
2Osprey ✓
2Great Horned Owl ✓
1Eastern Kingbird ✓
1Yellow-throated Vireo ✓
1Nashville Warbler ✓
1Green Heron ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
1Great Crested Flycatcher ✓