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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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The Chat Volume 17 Number 4 (December 1953)

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Front Matter

Cover of The Chat Volume 17 Number 4 (December 1953)Cover: Canada Geese at Gaddy's Pond, Anson Co., N. C. by Jack Dermid, Wildlife Resources Commission, Raleigh, N. C.


Table of Contents

Contents

The President's Page 77

Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, North Carolina. U. S. Dept, of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service 78

You, the Forest, and Wildlife. Douglas Wade 81

Backyard Birding. Annie Rivers Faver, editor 85

Editorial 88

A Spring Visit to Winston-Salem. W. L. McAtee 89

General Field Notes B. R. Chamberlain, editor 91

Loon Flight at Cape Lookout, N. C. D. L. Wray, Harry T. Davis, Glenn Hampton and Steve Messenger 91

Greater Shearwater at Morehead City, N. C. Robert Holmes, III 92

Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nesting in Columbus Co., N. C. John B. Funderburg, Jr. 92

Wood Ibis in Tyrell County, N. C. Robert L. Wolff 92

White Ibises in the Interior of North Carolina. Edward Kissam 92

Swallow-tailed Kite over Pitt County, N. C. Robert L. Wolff 93

Sparrow Hawk Breeding at Wilmington, N. C. John B. Funderburg, Jr. 93

Florida Gallinule in Columbia, S. C. Eddie Finlay 93

Golden Plovers in the Carolinas. B. R. Chamberlain 93

Shore-Birds at Wilmington, N. C. Edna Appleberry 94

Horned Larks Nesting at Winston-Salem, N. C. Edward Kissam 94

Swainson's Warbler Breeding in Georgetown County, S. C. Earl M. Hodel 94

Unusually High Nest of the Cardinal. David Monteith 94

Dickcissels at Lenoir, N. C. Mrs. Fred H. May 95

Late White-throated Sparrow at Wilmington, N. C. John Funderburg, Jr. 95

Song Sparrow Nesting in Greenville County, S. C. Donald J. Nicholson 95

Snow Buntings Near Pittsboro, Chatham County, N. C. Clara Hearne 96

Briefs for the Files 96

New and Reinstated Members. Compiled by Edwin W. Winkler. Inside Back Cover

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