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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 2

1Mourning Dove ✓
6Common Gallinule ✓
1Royal Tern ✓
XAnhinga ✓
1Snowy Egret ✓
2Great Egret ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
2Turkey Vulture ✓
1Osprey ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
3Eastern Phoebe ✓
2American Crow ✓
1Tufted Titmouse ✓
3Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Carolina Wren ✓
1Gray Catbird ✓
2Savannah Sparrow ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Blackpoll Warbler
1Palm Warbler ✓
1Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
3Northern Cardinal ✓
7American Coot ✓
2Forster's Tern ✓
1Pied-billed Grebe ✓
10Double-crested Cormorant ✓
1Little Blue Heron ✓
1Sharp-shinned Hawk ✓
2Northern Harrier ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1Great Horned Owl ✓
4Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Merlin ✓
2Blue Jay ✓
3Fish Crow ✓
2Carolina Chickadee ✓
12Tree Swallow ✓
2Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
3Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
2Northern Mockingbird ✓
1Hermit Thrush ✓
5White-throated Sparrow ✓
2Song Sparrow ✓
XSwamp Sparrow ✓
6Eastern Towhee ✓
1Eastern Meadowlark ✓
14Red-winged Blackbird ✓
6Common Grackle ✓
3American Redstart
2Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓

November 1

3Blue-winged Teal ✓
40Laughing Gull ✓
2White Ibis ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
7Barn Swallow ✓
1Chipping Sparrow ✓
2Northern Waterthrush
2Orange-crowned Warbler ✓
3Ring-necked Duck ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Caspian Tern ✓
1Black Vulture ✓
1Bald Eagle ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
1American Kestrel ✓
1White-eyed Vireo ✓
2Brown Thrasher ✓

October 31

2Killdeer ✓
3Wilson's Snipe ✓
3Tricolored Heron ✓
1House Sparrow ✓
2Boat-tailed Grackle ✓

October 30

2Sora ✓
1Black-bellied Plover ✓
2Yellow-crowned Night Heron ✓
2Green Heron ✓
2Sedge Wren ✓
1American Robin ✓
1Lincoln's Sparrow
11Black-bellied Whistling-Duck ✓
1Black-crowned Night Heron ✓

October 29

1Clapper Rail ✓
1White-crowned Sparrow ✓
1Northern Parula ✓
1Brown Pelican ✓
3Prairie Warbler ✓

October 28

2House Finch ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Eastern Marsh Wren ✓
1Purple Gallinule ✓
2Northern Shoveler ✓
1Pectoral Sandpiper ✓
1Ring-billed Gull ✓
1Black-and-white Warbler ✓
3Indigo Bunting ✓

October 27

1Chimney Swift ✓
2Lesser Yellowlegs ✓
7Wood Stork ✓
1Cape May Warbler ✓
1Loggerhead Shrike ✓
1Vesper Sparrow ✓