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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 16

3Mourning Dove
1Common Gallinule
1Purple Gallinule
6Killdeer
7Forster's Tern
8Anhinga
1Glossy Ibis
1Little Blue Heron
2Snowy Egret
4Great Blue Heron
6Mississippi Kite
1Eastern Kingbird
1Carolina Chickadee
3Tufted Titmouse
2Carolina Wren
2Northern Mockingbird
32Red-winged Blackbird
12Boat-tailed Grackle
3Northern Cardinal
2Indigo Bunting
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Semipalmated Plover
2Spotted Sandpiper
1Least Sandpiper
7Least Tern
1Wood Stork
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Black-crowned Night Heron
3Green Heron
2Great Egret
1Turkey Vulture
1Swallow-tailed Kite
1Cooper's Hawk
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
4Barn Swallow
1Bobolink
1Brown-headed Cowbird
1Common Yellowthroat
1Summer Tanager

May 15

3Common Nighthawk
2American Coot
6Gull-billed Tern
1Common Grackle
1Least Bittern
1Western Cattle-Egret
1Clapper Rail
1Hudsonian Whimbrel
4Black Vulture
1Bald Eagle
2Downy Woodpecker
3Great Crested Flycatcher
2Blue Jay
3American Crow
2Cliff Swallow
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1European Starling
1Eastern Towhee
1Yellow-breasted Chat
1American Redstart
2Magnolia Warbler
1Northern Yellow Warbler
1Blackpoll Warbler
1Blue Grosbeak
1Black-necked Stilt
1Sanderling
3Tricolored Heron
1Osprey
1Red-tailed Hawk
1White-eyed Vireo
24Tree Swallow
20Cedar Waxwing
4Orchard Oriole

May 14

2Painted Bunting
3Fish Crow

May 13

1Solitary Sandpiper
2Northern Waterthrush
2Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1Mute Swan
1White-rumped Sandpiper
1American Kestrel
1Eastern Bluebird
1Savannah Sparrow
1Yellow-throated Warbler
2Mottled Duck

May 12

5Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

May 10

1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
4Common Tern
1Brown Pelican
1Brown Thrasher
1Gray Catbird