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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.

March 19

13Turkey Vulture
6Tree Swallow
10Blue-winged Teal
5Mourning Dove
5Common Gallinule
5American Coot
1Killdeer
1Greater Yellowlegs
1Pied-billed Grebe
4Anhinga
1White Ibis
8Glossy Ibis
5Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
1Snowy Egret
2Western Cattle-Egret
8Great Egret
4Great Blue Heron
1Bald Eagle
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Eastern Phoebe
3Northern Mockingbird
1Chipping Sparrow
1White-throated Sparrow
4Savannah Sparrow
4Eastern Meadowlark
23Red-winged Blackbird
16Boat-tailed Grackle
2Yellow-rumped Warbler
3Wilson's Snipe
1Wood Stork
1American Bittern
1Black Vulture
6Northern Harrier
2Barn Swallow
3Carolina Wren
1Hermit Thrush
4Song Sparrow
4Swamp Sparrow
2Double-crested Cormorant
1Black-crowned Night Heron
5Northern Rough-winged Swallow

March 18

2Tufted Titmouse
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet
3Northern Cardinal
2Sora
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1White-eyed Vireo
2Downy Woodpecker
2Pileated Woodpecker
1Fish Crow
3Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Sedge Wren
1Gray Catbird
2Eastern Towhee
2Common Grackle
2Common Yellowthroat
1Yellow-throated Warbler
2Green Heron
1Carolina Chickadee
1Painted Bunting
1Mottled Duck
2Osprey
1Cooper's Hawk
2Red-shouldered Hawk
1Belted Kingfisher
3Blue Jay
1Orange-crowned Warbler

March 17

2Eurasian Collared-Dove
3Wood Duck
1Clapper Rail
2Black-necked Stilt
2Forster's Tern
1Marsh Wren
1Field Sparrow

March 16

1Northern Parula

March 15

2Swallow-tailed Kite
1American Kestrel
1Horned Lark
1Brown Thrasher
3Palm Warbler
2Laughing Gull

March 13

3Ring-necked Duck
1Great Horned Owl
4Northern Flicker
1Merlin