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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.

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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.

October 6

3Wood Duck ✓
13Mourning Dove ✓
1Clapper Rail ✓
2Sora ✓
2Common Gallinule ✓
2Purple Gallinule ✓
19Anhinga ✓
1Glossy Ibis ✓
1American Bittern ✓
2Little Blue Heron ✓
1Tricolored Heron ✓
3Snowy Egret ✓
1Green Heron ✓
6Great Egret ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
1Northern Harrier ✓
2Great Horned Owl ✓
2Belted Kingfisher ✓
3Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Olive-sided Flycatcher
3Blue Jay ✓
4Carolina Chickadee ✓
1Tufted Titmouse ✓
200Tree Swallow ✓
25Barn Swallow ✓
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
2Carolina Wren ✓
26Gray Catbird ✓
3Brown Thrasher ✓
2Northern Mockingbird ✓
35Red-winged Blackbird ✓
5Common Grackle ✓
7Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
1Worm-eating Warbler ✓
3Northern Waterthrush ✓
11Common Yellowthroat ✓
5American Redstart ✓
2Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
4Palm Warbler ✓
7Northern Cardinal ✓
3Pied-billed Grebe ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
1Black Vulture ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
2White-eyed Vireo ✓
1Black-and-white Warbler ✓
1Northern Yellow Warbler ✓
1Blue Grosbeak ✓
1Indigo Bunting ✓
5Blue-winged Teal ✓
3White Ibis ✓
1Virginia Rail ✓
1Royal Tern ✓
1Osprey ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Clay-colored Sparrow
1Magnolia Warbler ✓

October 5

2Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Yellow-throated Vireo ✓
1Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓

October 4

1Killdeer ✓
1Forster's Tern ✓
1Pine Warbler ✓

October 3

1Eurasian Collared-Dove ✓
1Wilson's Snipe ✓
1Lesser Yellowlegs ✓
2Northern Flicker ✓
1Eastern Kingbird ✓
1European Starling ✓
1Swainson's Thrush ✓
1Orange-crowned Warbler ✓
1Painted Bunting ✓
1American Coot ✓

October 2

2Black-bellied Whistling-Duck ✓
1Black-necked Stilt ✓
1Semipalmated Plover ✓
2Greater Yellowlegs ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
1Bank Swallow ✓
1Sedge Wren ✓
1Marsh Wren ✓
2Eastern Bluebird ✓
1American Robin ✓
2House Sparrow ✓
6Savannah Sparrow ✓
2Bobolink ✓
2Eastern Meadowlark ✓
1Tennessee Warbler ✓
5Western Cattle-Egret ✓
2Northern Parula ✓
1Prairie Warbler ✓

October 1

2American Woodcock ✓
1American Kestrel ✓

September 30

1Red-eyed Vireo ✓
2House Finch ✓
1Merlin ✓