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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.

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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 9

2Mottled Duck
1Mourning Dove
1Virginia Rail
2Common Gallinule
2Killdeer
2Short-billed Dowitcher
1Spotted Sandpiper
6Lesser Yellowlegs
5Least Tern
1Wood Stork
2Anhinga
4Glossy Ibis
1Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
1Great Egret
6Great Blue Heron
1Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1White-eyed Vireo
1Loggerhead Shrike
2Blue Jay
1Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
XTree Swallow
XNorthern Rough-winged Swallow
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Northern House Wren
1Marsh Wren
1Carolina Wren
2Northern Mockingbird
1Hermit Thrush
1Cedar Waxwing
1House Finch
1American Goldfinch
1White-crowned Sparrow
1White-throated Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
3Red-winged Blackbird
2Brown-headed Cowbird
1Common Grackle
1Boat-tailed Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat
1Northern Parula
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Yellow-throated Warbler
2Northern Cardinal

April 8

2Blue-winged Teal
1Greater Yellowlegs
1Sandwich Tern
1Double-crested Cormorant
3White Ibis
18Snowy Egret
1Black Vulture
1Belted Kingfisher
20Barn Swallow
1Savannah Sparrow
4Song Sparrow
2Canada Goose
1Eurasian Collared-Dove
1Purple Gallinule
2Black-necked Stilt
1Wilson's Snipe
2Stilt Sandpiper
10Dunlin
4Laughing Gull
2Ring-billed Gull
8Forster's Tern
3Royal Tern
1Pied-billed Grebe
5Western Cattle-Egret
6American Crow
10Fish Crow
50European Starling
4Gray Catbird
3American Robin
2Swamp Sparrow
XAmerican Coot
XSolitary Sandpiper
XNorthern Harrier
2American Black Duck
1Bald Eagle

April 7

1Redhead
2Eastern Kingbird
1Prothonotary Warbler
2Wood Duck
1King Rail
1Green Heron
1Northern Waterthrush

April 6

1Pileated Woodpecker
7Clapper Rail
2Yellow-crowned Night Heron
2Black-crowned Night Heron
1Northern Flicker
2White-breasted Nuthatch
2Brown Thrasher
2Prairie Warbler
1Chimney Swift
1American Bittern

April 5

1Hudsonian Whimbrel
1Red-shouldered Hawk

April 4

12Least Sandpiper
1Roseate Spoonbill

April 3

4Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
1Bachman's Sparrow