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The Carolina Bird Club is a non-profit organization that represents and supports the birding community in the Carolinas through its website, publications, meetings, workshops, trips, and partnerships, whose mission is


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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.

The Club publishes two print publications (now also available online). The Chat is a quarterly ornithological journal that contains scientific articles, reports of bird records committees and bird counts, and general field notes on bird sightings. CBC Newsletter is published bimonthly and includes birding articles and information about meetings, field trips, and Club news.

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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.

June 13

4Mourning Dove
1Sora
8Common Gallinule
1Purple Gallinule
4Least Tern
7Anhinga
2Double-crested Cormorant
20White Ibis
1Little Blue Heron
1Green Heron
2Great Egret
4Great Blue Heron
2Turkey Vulture
7Mississippi Kite
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Blue Jay
1Carolina Wren
2Northern Mockingbird
2Orchard Oriole
33Red-winged Blackbird
2Boat-tailed Grackle
2Northern Cardinal
1Indigo Bunting
2Painted Bunting
1Swallow-tailed Kite
1Eastern Kingbird
1Common Grackle
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Osprey
1Pileated Woodpecker
2American Crow
1Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
3Mottled Duck
2Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Killdeer
1Wood Stork
2Glossy Ibis
4Western Cattle-Egret
1Barn Swallow
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Common Yellowthroat
1Blue Grosbeak

June 12

2Snowy Egret
1Wood Duck
3Common Nighthawk
1Tricolored Heron
1Cooper's Hawk
1Downy Woodpecker
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1Brown Thrasher
1American Robin
1House Finch
1Chipping Sparrow
4Brown-headed Cowbird
1White-eyed Vireo
2Gull-billed Tern

June 11

1Clapper Rail

June 10

2Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
1Forster's Tern
1Least Bittern
2Black-crowned Night Heron
1Red-tailed Hawk

June 9

1Pied-billed Grebe
1King Rail

June 8

1Loggerhead Shrike
1Yellow-throated Warbler

June 7

6Black-necked Stilt
2Royal Tern
4Black Vulture
1Eastern Towhee