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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 5

15Blue-winged Teal
1Mottled Duck
1Mourning Dove
1Clapper Rail
20Common Gallinule
5Killdeer
1Hudsonian Whimbrel
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Solitary Sandpiper
8Greater Yellowlegs
2Wood Stork
3Anhinga
12White Ibis
35Glossy Ibis
2Little Blue Heron
30Snowy Egret
2Green Heron
25Great Egret
5Great Blue Heron
13Turkey Vulture
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Pileated Woodpecker
1Loggerhead Shrike
1Tufted Titmouse
3Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Northern House Wren
1Carolina Wren
2Northern Mockingbird
1Savannah Sparrow
2Song Sparrow
35Red-winged Blackbird
40Boat-tailed Grackle
2Yellow-rumped Warbler
2Northern Cardinal
1Wilson's Snipe
25Laughing Gull
2Osprey
1Blue Jay
30Tree Swallow
2Barn Swallow
1Hermit Thrush

April 4

5American Coot
1Black-necked Stilt
12Least Sandpiper
1Pied-billed Grebe
1Roseate Spoonbill
1Eastern Kingbird
1Carolina Chickadee
1Gray Catbird
1Brown Thrasher
4White-throated Sparrow
2Swamp Sparrow
3Eastern Towhee
3Brown-headed Cowbird
3Common Grackle
2Common Yellowthroat
2Northern Parula
1Yellow-throated Warbler
2Double-crested Cormorant
2Tricolored Heron
1Belted Kingfisher
1Fish Crow
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet

April 3

4Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
3White-eyed Vireo
2Marsh Wren
1Bachman's Sparrow

April 2

1Sora
2Black Vulture
1Northern Bobwhite
1American Crow
1Eastern Bluebird
1Cedar Waxwing
1Purple Gallinule
1Caspian Tern
1Forster's Tern
2Northern Harrier
1Red-tailed Hawk
1American Robin
2Chipping Sparrow

April 1

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

March 31

1American Bittern
1Bonaparte's Gull
1Downy Woodpecker
1Palm Warbler

March 30

3Rock Pigeon
4Ring-billed Gull
1Northern Flicker
2Eastern Phoebe
2Northern Rough-winged Swallow
4European Starling
1House Sparrow
1Pine Warbler
2Ring-necked Duck
2Blue-headed Vireo