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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.

The Club offers research grants in avian biology for undergraduate and graduate students, and scholarships for young birders.

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Recent reports from Chantilly Ecological Sanctuary at Briar Creek

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

October 21

11Mallard
1Great Blue Heron
4Northern Mockingbird
3Eastern Bluebird
5Chipping Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
2Common Grackle
3Palm Warbler

October 20

1Mourning Dove
1Carolina Wren
1Brown Thrasher
3House Finch
1American Goldfinch
3White-throated Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
2Eastern Towhee
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
3Northern Cardinal
3Turkey Vulture
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Northern Flicker
1American Crow
2Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
2Brown-headed Nuthatch
1American Robin
13Canada Goose
2Cooper's Hawk
2Red-shouldered Hawk
1Red-tailed Hawk
2Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
3Eastern Phoebe
12Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2Winter Wren
10European Starling
9Brown-headed Cowbird
1Pine Warbler
1White-eyed Vireo
1Cedar Waxwing
1Red-winged Blackbird
1Blue Jay
1Fish Crow
1Northern House Wren
2Gray Catbird
2Common Yellowthroat
1Indigo Bunting

October 19

1Black Vulture
1Cape May Warbler

October 18

1White-breasted Nuthatch

October 17

2Northern Rough-winged Swallow
2Black-throated Green Warbler
1American Herring Gull
1Belted Kingfisher
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
1Savannah Sparrow

October 16

1Hairy Woodpecker
1Red-eyed Vireo
1Swainson's Thrush
2House Sparrow
1American Redstart
2Northern Parula
1Magnolia Warbler
1Bay-breasted Warbler
1Chestnut-sided Warbler
1Blue Grosbeak
1Great Crested Flycatcher
2Golden-crowned Kinglet

October 15

1Dickcissel
1Lark Sparrow
1Blue-headed Vireo
1Tennessee Warbler
1Baltimore Oriole
1Prairie Warbler
1Scarlet Tanager
1Blackburnian Warbler
1Blackpoll Warbler