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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.

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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.

April 12

1Mourning Dove
6Common Gallinule
9Killdeer
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Greater Yellowlegs
1Least Tern
8Anhinga
8Glossy Ibis
3Little Blue Heron
3Snowy Egret
5Great Egret
3Great Blue Heron
3Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Carolina Wren
3Northern Mockingbird
1Eastern Towhee
10Boat-tailed Grackle
2Common Yellowthroat
1Northern Parula
1Yellow-throated Warbler
3Northern Cardinal
2Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
2Double-crested Cormorant
1Green Heron
4Tree Swallow
1Gray Catbird
3Savannah Sparrow
6Red-winged Blackbird
4Brown-headed Cowbird
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
10Cedar Waxwing
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
2Hooded Merganser
2Black-necked Stilt
2Forster's Tern
1Tricolored Heron
1Swallow-tailed Kite
1Northern Harrier
1Carolina Chickadee
3Tufted Titmouse
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Marsh Wren
2Hermit Thrush
2White-throated Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
1Wilson's Snipe
10Least Sandpiper
2Pied-billed Grebe
1Western Cattle-Egret
1Bald Eagle
1Common Grackle
2Laughing Gull
1Black Vulture
1Eastern Phoebe
6Barn Swallow
1Solitary Sandpiper
1Wood Stork
1Cooper's Hawk
6Blue Jay
2American Crow
1Prothonotary Warbler

April 11

5White Ibis
1Least Bittern
10Purple Gallinule
1American Coot
1White-eyed Vireo

April 10

1Belted Kingfisher
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1Sora
3Ring-necked Duck
1Blue-headed Vireo
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Northern House Wren
1Merlin

April 9

2Mottled Duck
1Virginia Rail
2Short-billed Dowitcher
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Loggerhead Shrike
1House Finch
1American Goldfinch

April 8

2Blue-winged Teal
1Sandwich Tern
4Song Sparrow
2Canada Goose
1Eurasian Collared-Dove
2Stilt Sandpiper
10Dunlin
2Ring-billed Gull
3Royal Tern
10Fish Crow
50European Starling
3American Robin

April 7

1Redhead
2Eastern Kingbird
2Wood Duck
1Northern Waterthrush

April 6

1Pileated Woodpecker
7Clapper Rail
2Yellow-crowned Night Heron
2Black-crowned Night Heron
1Northern Flicker
2White-breasted Nuthatch
2Brown Thrasher
2Prairie Warbler
1Chimney Swift
1American Bittern