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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 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade

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

May 17

1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
9Semipalmated Plover
2Spotted Sandpiper
1Ruddy Turnstone
1Stilt Sandpiper
109Least Sandpiper
3Semipalmated Sandpiper
5Great Blue Heron
1Yellow-throated Vireo
2American Crow
2Fish Crow
6Canada Goose
4Mourning Dove
1Chimney Swift
15Killdeer
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Sanderling
3Great Egret
2Osprey
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Red-headed Woodpecker
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
3Eastern Wood-Pewee
1Acadian Flycatcher
2Eastern Phoebe
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1Eastern Kingbird
2White-eyed Vireo
1Red-eyed Vireo
2Blue Jay
2Carolina Chickadee
2Tufted Titmouse
2Barn Swallow
12Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Carolina Wren
1Eastern Bluebird
1American Goldfinch
2Chipping Sparrow
6Brown-headed Cowbird
3Prothonotary Warbler
2Common Yellowthroat
1American Redstart
1Northern Parula
1Blackpoll Warbler
1Pine Warbler
2Summer Tanager
2Northern Cardinal
4Indigo Bunting

May 12

4Mallard
1Solitary Sandpiper
2Turkey Vulture
1Belted Kingfisher
3Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1Northern Mockingbird
1Red-winged Blackbird

May 11

1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
6Double-crested Cormorant
5Black Vulture
3Bald Eagle
1Barred Owl
1Hairy Woodpecker
2Bank Swallow
8Tree Swallow
1Cliff Swallow
1Brown Thrasher
1American Robin
1Orchard Oriole
1Louisiana Waterthrush
2Northern Yellow Warbler
1Blue Grosbeak