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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.

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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.

November 8

1Clapper Rail ✓
3American Coot ✓
2Royal Tern ✓
1White Ibis ✓
1Little Blue Heron ✓
1Snowy Egret ✓
1Great Egret ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
2Black Vulture ✓
1Northern Harrier ✓
1Great Horned Owl ✓
XTree Swallow ✓
1Eastern Marsh Wren ✓
5Savannah Sparrow ✓
2Swamp Sparrow ✓
10Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
1Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
8Common Gallinule ✓
9Anhinga ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
4Eastern Phoebe ✓
1Blue-headed Vireo ✓
3Blue Jay ✓
2Eastern Towhee ✓
10Red-winged Blackbird ✓
4Common Grackle ✓
2Northern Cardinal ✓
1King Rail
30Laughing Gull ✓
1Caspian Tern ✓
4Forster's Tern ✓
2Pied-billed Grebe ✓
27Double-crested Cormorant ✓
2Tricolored Heron ✓
5Turkey Vulture ✓
2Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
2Belted Kingfisher ✓
2Fish Crow ✓
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
3Northern House Wren ✓
2Carolina Wren ✓
3Gray Catbird ✓
3Northern Mockingbird ✓
1Hermit Thrush ✓
1White-throated Sparrow ✓
6Song Sparrow ✓
1Northern Waterthrush
25Blue-winged Teal ✓
50Ring-necked Duck ✓
2Mourning Dove ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Purple Gallinule
3Ring-billed Gull ✓
1Glossy Ibis ✓
2Northern Flicker ✓
1Loggerhead Shrike ✓
1Carolina Chickadee ✓
5Tufted Titmouse ✓
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Sedge Wren ✓
1Orange-crowned Warbler ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
1American Redstart ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓
1Northern Shoveler ✓
2Northern Pintail ✓
1American White Pelican ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Merlin ✓
12American Crow ✓
1Black-throated Blue Warbler
15Wood Duck ✓
1Sora ✓
3Killdeer ✓
1Sharp-shinned Hawk ✓
1Barred Owl ✓
3Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
100European Starling ✓
4American Robin ✓
3House Finch ✓
2American Goldfinch ✓

November 7

6Black-bellied Whistling-Duck ✓
1American Herring Gull ✓
1Dark-eyed Junco ✓
2Lincoln's Sparrow

November 6

1Bald Eagle ✓
1American Kestrel ✓

November 5

2Greater Yellowlegs ✓
1American Bittern ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
2Cape May Warbler
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
2Brown-headed Cowbird ✓

November 3

1White-eyed Vireo ✓
1Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1Eastern Bluebird ✓
1House Sparrow ✓

November 2

1Osprey ✓
1Blackpoll Warbler
1Eastern Meadowlark ✓