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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.

October 18

2Common Gallinule ✓
4Anhinga ✓
1White Ibis ✓
1Great Egret ✓
3Great Blue Heron ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Northern Harrier ✓
2Great Horned Owl ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
500Tree Swallow ✓
2Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
2Gray Catbird ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
1Swamp Sparrow ✓
20Red-winged Blackbird ✓
6Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
1Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
2Northern Cardinal ✓
1Carolina Wren ✓
2Northern Mockingbird ✓
1American Redstart ✓
1Mourning Dove ✓
1Sora ✓
1Wilson's Snipe ✓
1Bald Eagle ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
1Blue Jay ✓
1Carolina Chickadee ✓
1Tufted Titmouse ✓
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1White-throated Sparrow ✓
1Common Grackle ✓
1Northern Waterthrush ✓
1Black-and-white Warbler ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
2Palm Warbler ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Clapper Rail ✓
2Pied-billed Grebe ✓
2Double-crested Cormorant ✓
6Little Blue Heron ✓
12Snowy Egret ✓
6Turkey Vulture ✓
1Osprey ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
2Red-tailed Hawk ✓
3Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
2Northern Flicker ✓
2Merlin ✓
3Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
1Eastern Meadowlark ✓
6Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
XBelted Kingfisher ✓

October 17

1Western Cattle-Egret ✓

October 16

1Black-crowned Night Heron ✓
1Black Vulture ✓
1Peregrine Falcon ✓
1White-eyed Vireo ✓
3Barn Swallow ✓
2Marsh Wren ✓
12Savannah Sparrow ✓
10Bobolink ✓
2Yellow-throated Warbler ✓
6Indigo Bunting ✓
1Eurasian Collared-Dove ✓
1American Coot ✓
1Purple Gallinule ✓
1Killdeer ✓
5Wood Stork ✓
1American Bittern ✓
1Loggerhead Shrike ✓
1Northern Parula ✓
1Magnolia Warbler ✓
2Northern Yellow Warbler ✓
1Prairie Warbler ✓
1Cape May Warbler ✓

October 15

1Eastern Bluebird ✓
2Pine Warbler ✓
2Royal Tern ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
1Tennessee Warbler ✓
1Tricolored Heron ✓

October 14

1Yellow-crowned Night Heron ✓
1Red-eyed Vireo ✓
3American Crow ✓
2Hermit Thrush ✓
2American Robin ✓
2House Finch ✓
2Cedar Waxwing ✓
1Black-billed Cuckoo
1Great Crested Flycatcher ✓
5Fish Crow ✓
1Swainson's Thrush ✓
1Dickcissel ✓

October 13

1Northern Rough-winged Swallow ✓

October 12

2Painted Bunting ✓
19Black-bellied Whistling-Duck ✓
4Wood Duck ✓
6Blue-winged Teal ✓
1Common Nighthawk ✓
1Glossy Ibis ✓
2Green Heron ✓
1Lesser Yellowlegs ✓
1White-crowned Sparrow ✓
1Black-throated Green Warbler ✓
1Barred Owl ✓