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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.

April 6

1Blue-winged Teal
2Mottled Duck
3Mourning Dove
17Common Gallinule
1American Coot
4Killdeer
12Lesser Yellowlegs
3Greater Yellowlegs
2Wood Stork
5Anhinga
2Double-crested Cormorant
22Glossy Ibis
2Little Blue Heron
7Snowy Egret
7Great Egret
5Great Blue Heron
5Black Vulture
1Northern Harrier
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Blue Jay
6Tree Swallow
3Carolina Wren
2Northern Mockingbird
4Cedar Waxwing
2White-throated Sparrow
1Savannah Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
18Red-winged Blackbird
4Common Grackle
28Boat-tailed Grackle
6Yellow-rumped Warbler
3Northern Cardinal
2Canada Goose
7Clapper Rail
50Laughing Gull
2Yellow-crowned Night Heron
2Black-crowned Night Heron
1Green Heron
25Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
3Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Northern Flicker
4Carolina Chickadee
2Tufted Titmouse
4Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2White-breasted Nuthatch
6Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Northern House Wren
2Marsh Wren
5European Starling
2Brown Thrasher
5Brown-headed Cowbird
2Prairie Warbler
1Chimney Swift
1Solitary Sandpiper
1Pied-billed Grebe
1White Ibis
1American Bittern
1Tricolored Heron
2Western Cattle-Egret
1Red-tailed Hawk
3Barn Swallow
1Eastern Towhee
1Yellow-throated Warbler
1Belted Kingfisher
1King Rail
2Black-necked Stilt
1American Robin
2Common Yellowthroat
4Northern Parula

April 5

1Hudsonian Whimbrel
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Loggerhead Shrike
2Song Sparrow
1Wilson's Snipe
1Hermit Thrush

April 4

12Least Sandpiper
1Roseate Spoonbill
1Eastern Kingbird
1Gray Catbird
1Fish Crow

April 3

4Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
3White-eyed Vireo
1Bachman's Sparrow

April 2

1Sora
1Northern Bobwhite
1American Crow
1Eastern Bluebird
1Purple Gallinule
1Caspian Tern
1Forster's Tern
2Chipping Sparrow

April 1

1Brown Pelican
1Baltimore Oriole
15Dunlin
2Bald Eagle
1Merlin

March 31

1Bonaparte's Gull
1Downy Woodpecker
1Palm Warbler