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The Carolina Bird Club, Inc., is a non-profit educational and scientific association open to anyone interested in the study and conservation of wildlife, particularly birds.

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 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road

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

May 13

2Canada Goose
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Double-crested Cormorant
2Great Blue Heron
3Black Vulture
5Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1Downy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
1Acadian Flycatcher
3Great Crested Flycatcher
1Eastern Kingbird
1White-eyed Vireo
1Warbling Vireo
1Red-eyed Vireo
1Fish Crow
3Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
3Carolina Wren
1Orchard Oriole
1Brown-headed Cowbird
4Common Grackle
1Ovenbird
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Prothonotary Warbler
1Swainson's Warbler
1Kentucky Warbler
1Common Yellowthroat
5American Redstart
2Northern Parula
1Magnolia Warbler
1Blackpoll Warbler
1Yellow-throated Warbler
1Canada Warbler
1Summer Tanager
3Northern Cardinal

May 12

1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Broad-winged Hawk
1Belted Kingfisher
5Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Yellow-throated Vireo
1Barn Swallow
1American Goldfinch
1Red-winged Blackbird
1Louisiana Waterthrush
2Northern Waterthrush
2Hooded Warbler
1Scarlet Tanager
2Indigo Bunting
3Wood Duck
1Hooded Merganser
2Mourning Dove
30Chimney Swift
2Killdeer
1Hairy Woodpecker
2American Crow
2Tree Swallow
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Veery
1Swainson's Thrush
2Cedar Waxwing
2Chuck-will's-widow
2Chipping Sparrow
1Yellow Warbler
1Pine Warbler

May 11

1Northern Flicker
1European Starling
1Northern Mockingbird
1American Robin
1Prairie Warbler

May 10

1Bald Eagle
3Eastern Phoebe
2Yellow-breasted Chat
1Baltimore Oriole
1Blackburnian Warbler
1Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1Blue Grosbeak
1Wild Turkey
1Green Heron
1Blue Jay
1Eastern Bluebird
1Eastern Towhee

May 9

1Cliff Swallow
1Hermit Thrush

May 7

1Northern Bobwhite
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
3Gray Catbird