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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 11

2Mourning Dove ✓
22Common Gallinule ✓
19American Coot ✓
2Killdeer ✓
3Forster's Tern ✓
5Pied-billed Grebe ✓
24Anhinga ✓
13Double-crested Cormorant ✓
3White Ibis ✓
5Glossy Ibis ✓
16Little Blue Heron ✓
24Snowy Egret ✓
2Western Cattle-Egret ✓
48Great Egret ✓
6Great Blue Heron ✓
2Turkey Vulture ✓
4Northern Harrier ✓
2Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
4Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
2Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
5Eastern Phoebe ✓
3Blue Jay ✓
2Carolina Chickadee ✓
1Tufted Titmouse ✓
100Tree Swallow ✓
5Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
3Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
3Northern House Wren ✓
3Sedge Wren ✓
4Carolina Wren ✓
6Gray Catbird ✓
4Northern Mockingbird ✓
3Chipping Sparrow ✓
2White-crowned Sparrow ✓
1White-throated Sparrow ✓
25Savannah Sparrow ✓
22Song Sparrow ✓
26Swamp Sparrow ✓
2Eastern Towhee ✓
100Red-winged Blackbird ✓
1Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
5Common Grackle ✓
2Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
2Orange-crowned Warbler ✓
3Common Yellowthroat ✓
1American Redstart ✓
2Palm Warbler ✓
3Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
25Northern Cardinal ✓

November 10

4Royal Tern ✓
1Tricolored Heron ✓
4Black Vulture ✓
1Bald Eagle ✓
2American Crow ✓
2Eastern Marsh Wren ✓
3Dark-eyed Junco ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
1Eastern Meadowlark ✓
1Black-and-white Warbler ✓
1Blue-winged Teal ✓
3Sora ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1Northern Parula
1American Bittern ✓
1Hermit Thrush ✓
2Mallard ✓
32Green-winged Teal ✓
3Ring-billed Gull ✓
1Sharp-shinned Hawk ✓

November 9

1Canada Goose ✓
7Wood Duck ✓
1Wilson's Snipe ✓
1Merlin ✓
1Loggerhead Shrike ✓
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
2American Robin ✓
3American Goldfinch ✓

November 8

1Clapper Rail ✓
1Great Horned Owl ✓
1Blue-headed Vireo ✓
5Laughing Gull ✓
6Wood Stork ✓
6Brown Pelican ✓
3Osprey ✓
1Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
13European Starling ✓
2Eastern Bluebird ✓
3House Finch ✓
1King Rail
1Caspian Tern ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
2Fish Crow ✓
1Northern Waterthrush ✓
50Ring-necked Duck ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Purple Gallinule ✓
1Northern Shoveler ✓
2Northern Pintail ✓
1American White Pelican ✓
1Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
1Barred Owl ✓

November 7

6Black-bellied Whistling-Duck ✓
1American Herring Gull ✓

November 6

1American Kestrel ✓

November 5

2Greater Yellowlegs ✓
2Cape May Warbler