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The Carolina Bird Club is a non-profit organization that represents and supports the birding community in the Carolinas through its website, publications, meetings, workshops, trips, and partnerships, whose mission is


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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.

The Club publishes two print publications (now also available online). The Chat is a quarterly ornithological journal that contains scientific articles, reports of bird records committees and bird counts, and general field notes on bird sightings. CBC Newsletter is published bimonthly and includes birding articles and information about meetings, field trips, and Club news.

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Recent reports from Savannah NWR--Laurel Hill Wildlife Dr

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

May 25

1Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
2Mourning Dove
1Common Nighthawk
5Common Gallinule
4Killdeer
3Laughing Gull
15Least Tern
2Anhinga
8Double-crested Cormorant
1Little Blue Heron
2Green Heron
3Great Egret
4Great Blue Heron
1Osprey
3Northern Rough-winged Swallow
2Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
57Red-winged Blackbird
1Brown-headed Cowbird
12Boat-tailed Grackle
5Northern Cardinal
1Indigo Bunting
2Forster's Tern
3Western Cattle-Egret
1Red-bellied Woodpecker

May 23

1Snowy Egret
1Swallow-tailed Kite
1Fish Crow
1Purple Gallinule
2Black-necked Stilt
2American Herring Gull
1Gull-billed Tern
2Tricolored Heron
1Red-shouldered Hawk
2Barn Swallow

May 22

1Tufted Titmouse
1Eastern Bluebird
1Orchard Oriole
1Painted Bunting
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
4Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Common Tern
1Belted Kingfisher
1Great Crested Flycatcher
4Blue Jay
1Carolina Chickadee
1Eastern Towhee
2Blue Grosbeak
1Clapper Rail
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Royal Tern
1Least Bittern
1Eastern Kingbird
1White-eyed Vireo
2House Finch
1Common Grackle
2Common Yellowthroat
1Northern Parula
1Yellow-throated Warbler

May 21

2Mottled Duck
1Turkey Vulture
2Mississippi Kite
1Black-and-white Warbler

May 20

1Sandwich Tern
1White Ibis
2Black-crowned Night Heron
2Red-tailed Hawk
2Brown Thrasher
2Pine Warbler

May 19

1Tree Swallow