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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.

April 13

1American Wigeon
13Common Gallinule
5Killdeer
3Greater Yellowlegs
2Royal Tern
7Anhinga
1Double-crested Cormorant
5Glossy Ibis
6Snowy Egret
4Great Egret
5Great Blue Heron
3Turkey Vulture
1Swallow-tailed Kite
1Blue Jay
1Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
XRed-winged Blackbird
XCommon Grackle
10Boat-tailed Grackle
2Mottled Duck
5Mourning Dove
2Black-necked Stilt
2Wilson's Snipe
1Pied-billed Grebe
2White Ibis
1White-faced Ibis
1Little Blue Heron
2Tricolored Heron
2Green Heron
2Osprey
1White-eyed Vireo
60Tree Swallow
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
3Carolina Wren
2Gray Catbird
2Brown Thrasher
3Northern Mockingbird
1Hermit Thrush
1White-throated Sparrow
6Savannah Sparrow
2Swamp Sparrow
1Brown-headed Cowbird
5Common Yellowthroat
12Yellow-rumped Warbler
2Yellow-throated Warbler
6Northern Cardinal
3Canada Goose
1Ring-necked Duck
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Clapper Rail
1Purple Gallinule
1Solitary Sandpiper
1Lesser Yellowlegs
8Laughing Gull
3Least Tern
1Gull-billed Tern
1Northern Harrier
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow
6Barn Swallow
1Northern House Wren
3Marsh Wren
23Cedar Waxwing
1Eastern Towhee
1Orchard Oriole

April 12

2Black-crowned Night Heron
1Belted Kingfisher
1Eastern Kingbird
1American Pipit
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Northern Parula
2Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
2American Avocet
2Hooded Merganser
2Forster's Tern
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
10Least Sandpiper
1Western Cattle-Egret
1Bald Eagle
1Black Vulture
1Eastern Phoebe
1Wood Stork
1Cooper's Hawk
2American Crow
1Prothonotary Warbler

April 11

1Least Bittern
1American Coot

April 10

1Sora
1Blue-headed Vireo
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Merlin

April 9

1Virginia Rail
2Short-billed Dowitcher
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Loggerhead Shrike
1House Finch
1American Goldfinch

April 8

2Blue-winged Teal
1Sandwich Tern
4Song Sparrow
1Eurasian Collared-Dove
2Stilt Sandpiper
10Dunlin
2Ring-billed Gull
10Fish Crow
50European Starling
3American Robin

April 7

1Redhead
2Wood Duck
1Northern Waterthrush