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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.

The Club offers research grants in avian biology for undergraduate and graduate students, and scholarships for young birders.

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Recent reports from Santee Coastal Reserve (fall and winter restricted access)

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

April 17

2Blue-winged Teal
8Mottled Duck
1Mourning Dove
3Chimney Swift
2Common Gallinule
4Black-necked Stilt
2Short-billed Dowitcher
40Lesser Yellowlegs
15Greater Yellowlegs
2Dunlin
1Least Sandpiper
22Laughing Gull
1Least Tern
1Caspian Tern
1Forster's Tern
6Anhinga
1Double-crested Cormorant
2Little Blue Heron
2Tricolored Heron
1Snowy Egret
1Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
2Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1Bald Eagle
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Belted Kingfisher
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Downy Woodpecker
1Northern Flicker
2Great Crested Flycatcher
2Eastern Kingbird
4Blue Jay
3Carolina Chickadee
2Tufted Titmouse
2Tree Swallow
4Purple Martin
10Barn Swallow
3Northern Mockingbird
1House Finch
2White-throated Sparrow
8Savannah Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
1Orchard Oriole
25Red-winged Blackbird
4Common Grackle
15Boat-tailed Grackle
5Northern Parula
5Yellow-throated Warbler
1Summer Tanager
6Northern Cardinal
4Northern Shoveler
1Northern Bobwhite
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Sora
65American Coot
2Killdeer
38Long-billed Dowitcher
1Spotted Sandpiper
2Solitary Sandpiper
16Stilt Sandpiper
1Ring-billed Gull
3Black-crowned Night Heron
1American White Pelican
1Cooper's Hawk
1Barred Owl
1Red-headed Woodpecker
2Red-cockaded Woodpecker
3White-eyed Vireo
2Yellow-throated Vireo
4Red-eyed Vireo
1American Crow
2Fish Crow
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1White-breasted Nuthatch
3Brown-headed Nuthatch
9Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
3Marsh Wren
7Carolina Wren
2Brown Thrasher
5Eastern Bluebird
3Bachman's Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
1Yellow-breasted Chat
5Brown-headed Cowbird
2Prothonotary Warbler
13Common Yellowthroat
1Hooded Warbler
9Pine Warbler
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Blue Grosbeak

April 15

1Wood Stork
1Glossy Ibis
3Black-and-white Warbler

April 14

1Great Black-backed Gull
2White Ibis
10Black Vulture
1Northern Harrier

April 12

1Clapper Rail
3American Avocet
7Semipalmated Plover
1Willet
4Western Sandpiper
8Black Skimmer
6Royal Tern
1Green Heron
1Swallow-tailed Kite
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Green-winged Teal
2American Herring Gull
2Northern Rough-winged Swallow
28Semipalmated Sandpiper
3Bonaparte's Gull
1Pectoral Sandpiper
1Least Bittern
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
1American Robin
4Seaside Sparrow