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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.

October 27

2Sora ✓
3Common Gallinule ✓
2Purple Gallinule ✓
1Laughing Gull ✓
1Forster's Tern ✓
1Pied-billed Grebe ✓
1Anhinga ✓
20Double-crested Cormorant ✓
1Little Blue Heron ✓
1Tricolored Heron ✓
6Great Egret ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
6Turkey Vulture ✓
1Northern Harrier ✓
2Bald Eagle ✓
2Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
3Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
3Eastern Phoebe ✓
2Blue Jay ✓
20Tree Swallow ✓
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
4Northern House Wren ✓
3Carolina Wren ✓
2Gray Catbird ✓
3Northern Mockingbird ✓
1Hermit Thrush ✓
5Savannah Sparrow ✓
3Song Sparrow ✓
6Swamp Sparrow ✓
2Eastern Towhee ✓
24Red-winged Blackbird ✓
4Common Grackle ✓
2Palm Warbler ✓
1Northern Cardinal ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Chimney Swift ✓
1Killdeer ✓
2Lesser Yellowlegs ✓
2Royal Tern ✓
7Wood Stork ✓
4White Ibis ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
2Northern Flicker ✓
6Carolina Chickadee ✓
1Tufted Titmouse ✓
2Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
4Chipping Sparrow ✓
6White-throated Sparrow ✓
10Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
1Orange-crowned Warbler ✓
2Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Cape May Warbler ✓
4Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
1Snowy Egret ✓
3Black Vulture ✓
1Great Horned Owl ✓
1Loggerhead Shrike ✓
3Barn Swallow ✓

October 26

1Osprey ✓
1Barred Owl ✓
1American Kestrel ✓
1Merlin ✓
2American Crow ✓
2Bobolink ✓
2American Redstart ✓
1Wilson's Snipe ✓
1American Bittern ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Eastern Meadowlark ✓
2Blue-winged Teal ✓
6Northern Pintail ✓
2Mourning Dove ✓
1Ring-billed Gull ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
1Tennessee Warbler ✓
2Northern Parula ✓
1Northern Yellow Warbler
1Indigo Bunting ✓

October 25

2Black-necked Stilt
1American Pipit ✓
1Black-and-white Warbler ✓
3Mallard ✓
1Greater Yellowlegs ✓
1Black-crowned Night Heron ✓
5Eastern Marsh Wren ✓
10Brown-headed Cowbird ✓

October 24

1White-eyed Vireo ✓
2Glossy Ibis ✓

October 23

9Wood Duck ✓
2Clapper Rail ✓
1American Coot ✓
1Swainson's Thrush ✓
1Northern Waterthrush
1Magnolia Warbler ✓

October 22

2Black-bellied Whistling-Duck ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓