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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 Guilford County Farm/Howerton Rd. (Guilford Co.)

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

May 9

10Canada Goose
8Mourning Dove
1Great Blue Heron
3Black Vulture
4Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Belted Kingfisher
1Red-headed Woodpecker
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1American Kestrel
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
4Eastern Kingbird
1White-eyed Vireo
2American Crow
1Common Raven
1Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
11Tree Swallow
2Northern Rough-winged Swallow
5Barn Swallow
1White-breasted Nuthatch
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Carolina Wren
2European Starling
1Brown Thrasher
8Northern Mockingbird
4Eastern Bluebird
1Wood Thrush
20Cedar Waxwing
1House Finch
2American Goldfinch
4Grasshopper Sparrow
3Chipping Sparrow
3Field Sparrow
1White-crowned Sparrow
1Yellow-breasted Chat
7Bobolink
5Eastern Meadowlark
3Orchard Oriole
4Red-winged Blackbird
1Brown-headed Cowbird
10Common Grackle
3Common Yellowthroat
1American Redstart
1Northern Parula
1Northern Yellow Warbler
1Pine Warbler
1Summer Tanager
2Northern Cardinal
4Blue Grosbeak
5Indigo Bunting
1Dickcissel
1Northern Harrier
1Savannah Sparrow
1Chimney Swift
1Killdeer
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1Blue Jay
1American Robin
1Swamp Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
3Red-eyed Vireo

May 8

1Northern Bobwhite
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Green Heron
1Sharp-shinned Hawk
1Acadian Flycatcher
1Eastern Phoebe
1Blue-headed Vireo
1Fish Crow
1Bank Swallow
1Purple Martin
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Northern House Wren
1Gray Catbird
1Northern Waterthrush
2Scarlet Tanager

May 7

2Rock Pigeon

May 5

1Solitary Sandpiper
1Pileated Woodpecker
4White-throated Sparrow
2Song Sparrow
2Ovenbird
1Black-throated Blue Warbler
1Palm Warbler
3Bald Eagle
2Yellow-rumped Warbler

May 4

1Greater Yellowlegs