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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 4

3Mourning Dove
6Common Gallinule
1Purple Gallinule
3Killdeer
2Forster's Tern
7Anhinga
1Little Blue Heron
2Snowy Egret
1Green Heron
1Great Egret
3Great Blue Heron
2Eastern Kingbird
1Blue Jay
1Northern Mockingbird
1Savannah Sparrow
2Bobolink
44Red-winged Blackbird
56Boat-tailed Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat
1Northern Cardinal
1Least Bittern
1Western Cattle-Egret
4Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1Mississippi Kite
4Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Great Crested Flycatcher
12Cedar Waxwing
1Clapper Rail
1Solitary Sandpiper
2Least Tern
5Wood Stork
1Swallow-tailed Kite
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Red-tailed Hawk
2Carolina Chickadee
2Tufted Titmouse
4Tree Swallow
15Barn Swallow
12Carolina Wren
2Common Grackle
1American Redstart
1Northern Parula
2Northern Yellow Warbler
6Indigo Bunting

May 3

1Spotted Sandpiper
1Laughing Gull
2Double-crested Cormorant
1Northern Harrier
2Gray Catbird
1Northern Waterthrush
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Blackpoll Warbler
1Prairie Warbler
1Painted Bunting
XCommon Nighthawk
XLesser Yellowlegs
XGull-billed Tern
XFish Crow
XBlue Grosbeak
XRed-eyed Vireo
XEuropean Starling
1Orchard Oriole
2Brown-headed Cowbird
3White Ibis
1Glossy Ibis
11American Crow
1Eurasian Collared-Dove
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Black-necked Stilt
1Wilson's Snipe
1Least Sandpiper
1Pectoral Sandpiper
1Tricolored Heron
1White-eyed Vireo
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Marsh Wren
1Chipping Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
1Ovenbird
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Black-throated Green Warbler
1Greater Yellowlegs
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1Eastern Meadowlark

May 1

1Pileated Woodpecker
1American Kestrel
1Sandwich Tern
2Eastern Bluebird

April 29

1American Robin
1Yellow-throated Warbler

April 28

1American Coot
1American Woodcock
1Royal Tern
1Brown Thrasher
2Mottled Duck
1Belted Kingfisher
1Hooded Warbler
1Palm Warbler
1Summer Tanager