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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 12

2Mottled Duck
3Mourning Dove
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
6Common Gallinule
1Purple Gallinule
2Killdeer
3Least Sandpiper
5Forster's Tern
9Anhinga
1Double-crested Cormorant
2Least Bittern
1Little Blue Heron
2Snowy Egret
1Green Heron
1Western Cattle-Egret
2Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
5Turkey Vulture
2Great Crested Flycatcher
3Eastern Kingbird
25Tree Swallow
3Barn Swallow
2Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
3Bobolink
50Red-winged Blackbird
35Boat-tailed Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat
1Yellow-throated Warbler
4Northern Cardinal
3Indigo Bunting

May 10

1Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Eastern Bluebird
1Common Grackle
2Northern Waterthrush
2American Redstart
1Painted Bunting
2Common Nighthawk
2Black-necked Stilt
1Solitary Sandpiper
1Osprey
4Mississippi Kite
1White-eyed Vireo
1Blue Jay
1Carolina Chickadee
2Tufted Titmouse
1Savannah Sparrow
1Northern Yellow Warbler
1Blue Grosbeak
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
4Common Tern
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Brown Pelican
1Black Vulture
1Brown Thrasher
1Gray Catbird
1Blackpoll Warbler

May 9

1Spotted Sandpiper
2Least Tern
1Northern Parula

May 8

1American Coot
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Swainson's Warbler
2Fish Crow
1Chimney Swift
1Semipalmated Plover
2Glossy Ibis
1Barred Owl
1Belted Kingfisher
1Downy Woodpecker
1American Crow
1Yellow-breasted Chat

May 7

2Dunlin
1Roseate Spoonbill
1American Bittern
2Tricolored Heron
38Cedar Waxwing
4Brown-headed Cowbird
1Clapper Rail
3Gull-billed Tern
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Eastern Meadowlark

May 6

1Orchard Oriole

May 5

2Pine Warbler