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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 14

1American Wigeon
7Mourning Dove
8Common Gallinule
1Killdeer
1Solitary Sandpiper
3Lesser Yellowlegs
3Greater Yellowlegs
1Stilt Sandpiper
1Dunlin
2Least Tern
1Forster's Tern
1Pied-billed Grebe
8Anhinga
1Double-crested Cormorant
3Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
3Snowy Egret
1Great Egret
4Great Blue Heron
1Turkey Vulture
2Osprey
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
3Blue Jay
3Tufted Titmouse
5Tree Swallow
2Carolina Wren
3Northern Mockingbird
2Savannah Sparrow
3Song Sparrow
40Red-winged Blackbird
1Common Grackle
10Boat-tailed Grackle
4Northern Cardinal
1Painted Bunting
2Redhead
1Clapper Rail
2Black-necked Stilt
1Least Sandpiper
4Glossy Ibis
1Swallow-tailed Kite
1American Crow
1Fish Crow
7Northern Rough-winged Swallow
4Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Cedar Waxwing
2White-throated Sparrow
3Swamp Sparrow
4Brown-headed Cowbird
2Common Yellowthroat
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Yellow-throated Warbler
1Chimney Swift
1Purple Gallinule
1Wilson's Snipe
1Gull-billed Tern
15White Ibis
1Least Bittern
1Carolina Chickadee
2Barn Swallow
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2Marsh Wren
1Hermit Thrush
1Eastern Towhee

April 13

2Mottled Duck
1Sora
1Bald Eagle
1Palm Warbler
1Laughing Gull
2Royal Tern
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1White-faced Ibis
1American Bittern
1Green Heron
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
2Gray Catbird
2American Goldfinch
1Northern Waterthrush
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Ring-necked Duck
1White-eyed Vireo
2Brown Thrasher
3Canada Goose
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Northern Harrier
1Northern House Wren
1Orchard Oriole

April 12

2Black-crowned Night Heron
1Belted Kingfisher
1Eastern Kingbird
1American Pipit
1Northern Parula
2Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
2American Avocet
2Hooded Merganser
1Western Cattle-Egret
1Black Vulture
1Eastern Phoebe
1Wood Stork
1Cooper's Hawk
1Prothonotary Warbler

April 11

1American Coot

April 10

1Blue-headed Vireo
1Merlin

April 9

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

April 8

2Blue-winged Teal
1Sandwich Tern
1Eurasian Collared-Dove
2Ring-billed Gull
50European Starling
3American Robin