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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.

August 9

5Mourning Dove
1Clapper Rail
10Common Gallinule
1Purple Gallinule
2Laughing Gull
1Ring-billed Gull
1Royal Tern
43Anhinga
2White Ibis
4Least Bittern
2Little Blue Heron
3Snowy Egret
4Green Heron
152Western Cattle-Egret
1Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
6Black Vulture
7Turkey Vulture
2Osprey
10Swallow-tailed Kite
65Mississippi Kite
2Red-tailed Hawk
1Pileated Woodpecker
1White-eyed Vireo
3Barn Swallow
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Carolina Wren
3House Finch
48Red-winged Blackbird
1American Redstart
2Northern Yellow Warbler
27Northern Cardinal
2Indigo Bunting
1Pied-billed Grebe
7Purple Martin
1Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
2Red-shouldered Hawk
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Eastern Kingbird
1Blue Jay
1Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
3Northern Mockingbird
1Common Yellowthroat
2Blue Grosbeak
1Painted Bunting
1Bald Eagle
1Yellow-throated Warbler
1American Crow
2Boat-tailed Grackle

August 8

1Common Nighthawk
3Black-necked Stilt
1Semipalmated Plover

August 7

1Eastern Wood-Pewee
1Cooper's Hawk

August 6

5Chimney Swift
1Loggerhead Shrike
2Orchard Oriole
1Common Grackle

August 5

1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Marsh Wren

August 4

1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
2Tricolored Heron
15Brown-headed Cowbird
3Northern Parula
1Summer Tanager
1Gull-billed Tern
7Wood Duck
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2Great Crested Flycatcher

August 3

1Double-crested Cormorant
3Red-eyed Vireo