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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 Biltmore Estate

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

September 30

75Canada Goose ✓
7Chimney Swift ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
2Eastern Phoebe ✓
5Blue Jay ✓
1Tufted Titmouse ✓
2American Goldfinch ✓
1Chestnut-sided Warbler ✓
7Killdeer ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1Tree Swallow ✓
2Chipping Sparrow ✓
1Savannah Sparrow ✓
5Tennessee Warbler ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓
1Rose-breasted Grosbeak ✓
1Mourning Dove ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
5American Crow ✓
4Carolina Wren ✓
2Gray Catbird ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
4Eastern Bluebird ✓
1Swainson's Thrush ✓
6Cedar Waxwing ✓
3House Finch ✓
2Song Sparrow ✓
1American Redstart ✓
1Magnolia Warbler ✓
3Northern Cardinal ✓
1Indigo Bunting ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
2Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Yellow-throated Vireo ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓

September 29

1Great Horned Owl ✓
2Wild Turkey ✓
5Fish Crow ✓
1Blue Grosbeak ✓
1Double-crested Cormorant ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Eastern Kingbird
1Barn Swallow ✓
1American Robin ✓
1Eastern Towhee ✓
1Cape May Warbler ✓
1Black-throated Green Warbler ✓
3Carolina Chickadee ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
2Hairy Woodpecker ✓
1White-eyed Vireo ✓
1Red-eyed Vireo ✓
1Field Sparrow ✓
1Northern Parula ✓
1Peregrine Falcon ✓
1Philadelphia Vireo ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
2Gray-cheeked Thrush ✓
1Bobolink ✓
1Eastern Meadowlark ✓
1Mourning Warbler

September 28

1American Barn Owl ✓
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
1Green Heron ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
2Mallard ✓
1Spotted Sandpiper ✓
6Northern Rough-winged Swallow ✓
XWhite-throated Sparrow ✓
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
2House Sparrow ✓
2Red-winged Blackbird ✓
XPine Warbler ✓
1Bald Eagle ✓
1Hooded Warbler ✓
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Red-breasted Nuthatch ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
1Ovenbird ✓
1Black-and-white Warbler ✓
XBay-breasted Warbler ✓
1Blackpoll Warbler ✓
2Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Least Flycatcher ✓
1European Starling ✓
2Lincoln's Sparrow
1Nashville Warbler ✓

September 27

1Blackburnian Warbler ✓
1Black Vulture ✓
1American Kestrel ✓
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Summer Tanager ✓
1Osprey ✓
1Scarlet Tanager ✓
1Wilson's Warbler ✓
1Blue-headed Vireo ✓
1Hermit Thrush ✓
XBrown-headed Cowbird ✓

September 26

1Eastern Screech-Owl ✓
1Wood Thrush ✓
1Northern Yellow Warbler ✓

September 25

1Common Grackle ✓