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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.

May 13

3Mourning Dove
3Black Vulture
1Osprey
1Cooper's Hawk
3Red-headed Woodpecker
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Downy Woodpecker
2Eastern Wood-Pewee
2Eastern Phoebe
3Eastern Kingbird
1Blue Jay
2Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
6Northern Rough-winged Swallow
2Brown-headed Nuthatch
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
2Northern Mockingbird
1Eastern Bluebird
1Wood Thrush
1American Robin
3Cedar Waxwing
2House Finch
2American Goldfinch
1Chipping Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
1Yellow-breasted Chat
1Orchard Oriole
2Brown-headed Cowbird
1Common Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat
1Summer Tanager
2Northern Cardinal
1Indigo Bunting

May 12

2Mallard
1Solitary Sandpiper
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Great Crested Flycatcher
2White-eyed Vireo
2American Crow
2Fish Crow
4Field Sparrow
1Northern Waterthrush
2American Redstart
2Northern Parula
1Palm Warbler
1Blue Grosbeak
2Canada Goose
2Chimney Swift
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
4Turkey Vulture
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Hairy Woodpecker
1Red-eyed Vireo
2Red-winged Blackbird
1Northern Yellow Warbler

May 11

2Green Heron
XBarred Owl
XTree Swallow

May 10

1Spotted Sandpiper
2Barn Swallow
2European Starling
1Brown Thrasher
3Song Sparrow
2Magnolia Warbler
1Pine Warbler

May 9

1Swainson's Thrush

May 8

1Pileated Woodpecker
1Veery
2Ovenbird
1Louisiana Waterthrush
3Black-and-white Warbler
1Cape May Warbler
3Black-throated Blue Warbler
2Scarlet Tanager