During the summer of 2018, Ajit Antony organized a mini breeding bird survey of Orange County, which was conducted with the assistance of 15 other Mearns Club members. The birds to be surveyed were chosen on the basis of a poll of club members and are listed below, along with their statuses on the Mearns club Orange County checklist:
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo (former breeder)
- Black-billed Cuckoo (former breeder)
- White-eyed Vireo (nonbreeder)
- Ruffed Grouse (former breeder)
- Magnolia Warbler (breeder)
- Blackburnian Warbler (breeder)
- Sora (nonbreeder)
- Red-headed Woodpecker (former breeder)
- Yellow-breasted Chat (breeder)
- Eastern Whip-poor-will (former breeder)
- Yellow-rumped Warbler (breeder)
- Blue Grosbeak (breeder)
- Osprey (nonbreeder)
- American Black Duck (former breeder)
- Grasshopper Sparrow
- Nashville Warbler
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