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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 25

30Canada Goose
3Mallard
8Killdeer
20Semipalmated Plover
2White-rumped Sandpiper
4Least Sandpiper
8Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Double-crested Cormorant
12Great Egret
5Great Blue Heron
1Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
1White-eyed Vireo
2American Crow
1Tufted Titmouse
2Barn Swallow
1Carolina Wren
1Chipping Sparrow
1Orchard Oriole
1Pine Warbler
1Summer Tanager
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Bald Eagle
1Hairy Woodpecker
2Eastern Kingbird
5Tree Swallow
2Cliff Swallow
6Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Eastern Bluebird
3Red-winged Blackbird
2Northern Cardinal
3Indigo Bunting

May 24

22Chimney Swift
4Black-bellied Plover
3Spotted Sandpiper
2Snowy Egret
4Green Heron
1Yellow-throated Vireo
1Fish Crow
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1American Goldfinch
1Brown-headed Cowbird
1Common Grackle
1Prothonotary Warbler
1Northern Parula
1Yellow-throated Warbler
1Mourning Dove
1Belted Kingfisher
2Downy Woodpecker
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
2Acadian Flycatcher
1Red-eyed Vireo
1Blue Jay
3Carolina Chickadee
1Northern Mockingbird
1Ovenbird

May 23

1Wilson's Phalarope
1Blue Grosbeak
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Eastern Phoebe
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1American Robin
2Eastern Towhee
1Yellow-breasted Chat
2Song Sparrow
1Red-headed Woodpecker
3Brown-headed Nuthatch
2Purple Martin
2Bobolink
1Greater Yellowlegs
1Barred Owl
1Red-shouldered Hawk

May 22

1Black Vulture

May 20

1Hooded Warbler