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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 Litchfield Plantation Pawleys Island (private)

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

May 14

2Wood Duck
1Mourning Dove
1King Rail
1Killdeer
1Little Blue Heron
2Red-headed Woodpecker
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Great Crested Flycatcher
1Eastern Kingbird
1American Crow
2Carolina Chickadee
3Tufted Titmouse
1Tree Swallow
2Carolina Wren
3Brown Thrasher
1Northern Mockingbird
2Eastern Bluebird
1American Robin
1House Finch
1Eastern Towhee
25Bobolink
18Red-winged Blackbird
3Common Grackle
2Northern Parula
1Pine Warbler
1Yellow-throated Warbler
7Northern Cardinal

May 13

1Common Gallinule
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Anhinga
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Green Heron
1Great Blue Heron
5Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1Bald Eagle
2Fish Crow
1Brown-headed Cowbird

May 11

1Least Bittern
2Great Egret
1Mississippi Kite
2Red-tailed Hawk
1Downy Woodpecker
1Blue Jay
1Barn Swallow
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Gray Catbird
1Summer Tanager
1Great Horned Owl
2Barred Owl

May 10

1Yellow-breasted Chat