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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 45 Number 2 (Spring 1981)

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Front Matter

Cover of The Chat Volume 45 Number 2 (Spring 1981)Cover: Many birds use panting as a means of reducing body temperature. Gilbert S. Grant photographed panting Black Skimmers during his extensive studies of the birdlife of the Salton Sea in California.


Table of Contents

Articles

Status of the Cerulean Warbler in the Roanoke River Basin of North Carolina J. Merrill Lynch pp 29–35

CBC Roundtable

...with Louis C. Fink pp 36–38

Backyard Birding

...with Gail T. Whitehurst pp 39–40, 56

General Field Notes

Green Heron Fishing with Mayflies William J. Keenan III p 41

Specimen Record of a Black-bellied Whistling-Duck from Carteret County, N.C. David S. Lee pp 41–42

Status of the Mississippi Kite in North Carolina J. Merrill Lynch pp 42–44

Second Sight Record of Say's Phoebe in South Carolina John B. Andre pp 44–45

First Record of Vermilion Flycatcher in North Carolina Edmund LeGrand p 45

Unusual Behavior of a Barred Owl Ruth Ittner p 45

Specimen Record of a Smith's Longspur from Chatham County, N.C. E. Wayne Irvin and John Connors p 46

Briefs for the Files

Fall 1980 Harry E. LeGrand, Jr. pp 47–54

Book Reviews

Book Reviews pp 55–56

Back Matter

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