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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 10

2Mourning Dove
2Common Nighthawk
1Common Gallinule
1Purple Gallinule
2Black-necked Stilt
2Killdeer
1Solitary Sandpiper
1Forster's Tern
1Anhinga
2Little Blue Heron
2Great Blue Heron
2Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
4Mississippi Kite
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
4Great Crested Flycatcher
1White-eyed Vireo
1Blue Jay
1Carolina Chickadee
2Tufted Titmouse
3Carolina Wren
4Northern Mockingbird
1Savannah Sparrow
3Bobolink
201Red-winged Blackbird
201Boat-tailed Grackle
3Common Yellowthroat
2American Redstart
1Northern Yellow Warbler
5Northern Cardinal
1Blue Grosbeak
4Indigo Bunting
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Great Egret
1Eastern Kingbird
XTree Swallow
1Gray Catbird
1Brown Thrasher
1Northern Waterthrush
1Blackpoll Warbler

May 9

1Spotted Sandpiper
2Least Tern
3Green Heron
XCommon Grackle
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Northern Parula

May 8

1American Coot
1Snowy Egret
2Western Cattle-Egret
2Black Vulture
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Swainson's Warbler
2Fish Crow
1Yellow-throated Warbler
1Chimney Swift
1Semipalmated Plover
2Glossy Ibis
1Least Bittern
1Barred Owl
1Belted Kingfisher
1Downy Woodpecker
1American Crow
1Barn Swallow
1Yellow-breasted Chat

May 7

2Dunlin
1Roseate Spoonbill
1American Bittern
2Tricolored Heron
38Cedar Waxwing
4Brown-headed Cowbird
1Clapper Rail
1Least Sandpiper
3Gull-billed Tern
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Eastern Meadowlark

May 6

3Common Tern
1Orchard Oriole
1Painted Bunting

May 5

1Lesser Yellowlegs
2Pine Warbler
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Swallow-tailed Kite

May 4

5Wood Stork
1Red-shouldered Hawk