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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 Pitt Street Causeway

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

April 26

4Red-breasted Merganser
1Mourning Dove
3Black-necked Stilt
2American Oystercatcher
2Black-bellied Plover
1Killdeer
20Semipalmated Plover
2Willet
1Ruddy Turnstone
3Least Sandpiper
1Pectoral Sandpiper
15Laughing Gull
6Least Tern
5Forster's Tern
6Double-crested Cormorant
10Brown Pelican
4Snowy Egret
4Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
1Osprey
1Carolina Chickadee
2Purple Martin
2Northern Rough-winged Swallow
6Barn Swallow
3Marsh Wren
2Northern Mockingbird
2Eastern Bluebird
10Red-winged Blackbird
8Boat-tailed Grackle
2Northern Cardinal

April 25

5Chimney Swift
1Whimbrel
2Short-billed Dowitcher
3Dunlin
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
5Royal Tern
1Tricolored Heron
2Green Heron
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Tufted Titmouse
1Carolina Wren
2House Finch
1Savannah Sparrow
1Brown-headed Cowbird

April 22

1Herring Gull
1Turkey Vulture
1Blue Jay
1House Sparrow

April 21

1Ring-billed Gull
4Gull-billed Tern
2Wood Duck
2Clapper Rail
1Song Sparrow

April 20

XRock Pigeon
XEurasian Collared-Dove
XSpotted Sandpiper
XSanderling
XBelted Kingfisher
XFish Crow
1Black Skimmer
1Palm Warbler
6Canada Goose
1Lesser Yellowlegs
2Western Cattle Egret
5European Starling