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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 Harbor Island (restricted access)

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

September 18

3Mourning Dove
1Clapper Rail
2Black-bellied Plover
XSemipalmated Plover
12Piping Plover
27Marbled Godwit
1Short-billed Dowitcher
2Willet
XLeast Sandpiper
45Western Sandpiper
80Semipalmated Sandpiper
XLaughing Gull
XBlack Skimmer
2Caspian Tern
1Black Tern
3Sandwich Tern
1Snowy Egret
1Great Blue Heron
XBrown Pelican
3Osprey
XSanderling
2Ring-billed Gull
1Great Black-backed Gull
3Tricolored Heron
1Bald Eagle
1Northern Mockingbird
1Downy Woodpecker
1American Crow
1Northern Cardinal
1Painted Bunting

September 17

1American Golden-Plover
7Black-crowned Night Heron
30Rock Pigeon
8Eurasian Collared-Dove
5Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Wood Stork
2Anhinga
300White Ibis
3Roseate Spoonbill
7Great Egret
2Turkey Vulture
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Belted Kingfisher
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Great Crested Flycatcher
4Eastern Kingbird
7Carolina Chickadee
3Tufted Titmouse
1White-breasted Nuthatch
4Brown-headed Nuthatch
6Carolina Wren
3Brown Thrasher
6Eastern Bluebird
21House Finch
1Baltimore Oriole
4Red-winged Blackbird
1Common Yellowthroat
1Pine Warbler

September 16

1Green Heron
1Cooper's Hawk
5Red-eyed Vireo
3Tree Swallow
1Swainson's Thrush
1Black-and-white Warbler
1American Redstart
1Northern Yellow Warbler
1Yellow-throated Warbler

September 14

6Royal Tern
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Little Blue Heron
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
2White-eyed Vireo
1Northern Parula
1Summer Tanager

September 13

2Black-throated Blue Warbler
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Prairie Warbler

September 12

1Common Ground Dove
2American Oystercatcher
1Wilson's Plover
9Ruddy Turnstone
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
4Common Tern