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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 23

3Mourning Dove
7Common Gallinule
2Black-necked Stilt
1Greater Yellowlegs
1Least Tern
1Wood Stork
2Anhinga
1Snowy Egret
1Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
4Turkey Vulture
1Savannah Sparrow
6Red-winged Blackbird
2Boat-tailed Grackle
1Northern Cardinal
4Killdeer
1Solitary Sandpiper
7Double-crested Cormorant
2Osprey
5Mississippi Kite
10Barn Swallow
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
4Cedar Waxwing
1White-crowned Sparrow
1Orchard Oriole
2Common Grackle
3Common Yellowthroat
1Yellow-throated Warbler
1Indigo Bunting
1Clapper Rail
1Purple Gallinule
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Lesser Yellowlegs
2Least Sandpiper
1Pectoral Sandpiper
2Gull-billed Tern
1Tricolored Heron
1Fish Crow
2Northern Mockingbird
25Bobolink
1Blue Grosbeak
2Painted Bunting
1Blue-winged Teal
3Forster's Tern
1Green Heron
2Tufted Titmouse
150Tree Swallow
3Carolina Wren

April 22

1Common Nighthawk
30Glossy Ibis
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1Blue Jay
1Brown Thrasher
2Gadwall
3Willet
2Black Vulture
1Sora
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
3Little Blue Heron
1Gray Catbird
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Carolina Chickadee
1American Robin
3Brown-headed Cowbird
1Black-crowned Night Heron
2Northern Parula
2Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Bald Eagle
2Common Tern
1White-throated Sparrow
5Song Sparrow
1American Redstart
3Northern Yellow Warbler
1Least Bittern
10Eastern Kingbird
1White-eyed Vireo
2Swamp Sparrow
1Prairie Warbler
2American Crow
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Marsh Wren
1Chipping Sparrow
2Eastern Towhee
2Eastern Meadowlark
7Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
2Mottled Duck
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1American Coot
1Semipalmated Plover
1Wilson's Snipe
1Caspian Tern
36White Ibis
11American White Pelican
1Northern Harrier
1Red-eyed Vireo
3Purple Martin
1Worm-eating Warbler
1Swainson's Warbler
1Hooded Warbler
2Black-throated Blue Warbler

April 21

1White-faced Ibis
5Laughing Gull
2Western Cattle-Egret
1Red-headed Woodpecker
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1House Finch
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Eastern Wood-Pewee

April 20

3Swallow-tailed Kite
2Bank Swallow
2Ring-necked Duck
1Pied-billed Grebe
1Royal Tern
1Downy Woodpecker
12Northern Rough-winged Swallow

April 19

2Eastern Bluebird
1Northern House Wren
1Baltimore Oriole

April 18

1Northern Waterthrush
15Chimney Swift
4European Starling
1Belted Kingfisher
1American Goldfinch
1Pine Warbler
1Palm Warbler