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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.

January 12

4Blue-winged Teal
3Mottled Duck
3Green-winged Teal
80Ring-necked Duck
3Mourning Dove
60Common Gallinule
80American Coot
1Killdeer
1Wilson's Snipe
2Forster's Tern
5Pied-billed Grebe
1Wood Stork
2Anhinga
2Double-crested Cormorant
9White Ibis
1Glossy Ibis
10Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
22Snowy Egret
7Great Egret
4Great Blue Heron
1Turkey Vulture
1Northern Harrier
1Red-shouldered Hawk
2Belted Kingfisher
3Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Northern Flicker
2Eastern Phoebe
1Loggerhead Shrike
1Carolina Chickadee
10Tree Swallow
5Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2Golden-crowned Kinglet
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Northern House Wren
2Marsh Wren
1Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
1Hermit Thrush
10American Robin
4White-throated Sparrow
4Savannah Sparrow
2Song Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
2Eastern Meadowlark
7Red-winged Blackbird
1Orange-crowned Warbler
4Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Northern Cardinal
140Northern Shoveler
3Gadwall
6Northern Pintail
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Osprey
2American Crow
1Tufted Titmouse
2Northern Mockingbird
1Northern Waterthrush

January 11

3Mallard
1American Bittern
2Bald Eagle
1Red-tailed Hawk
3Common Grackle
1Grasshopper Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
1American Wigeon
2Hooded Merganser
1Sora
1Peregrine Falcon
3Blue Jay
100Fish Crow
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Fox Sparrow
1Common Yellowthroat

January 10

4Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
1Cooper's Hawk
1Boat-tailed Grackle
1Palm Warbler

January 9

1Western Cattle-Egret
1Downy Woodpecker
2American Goldfinch

January 8

1Clapper Rail
1Field Sparrow
1American Kestrel
2White-crowned Sparrow
1Vesper Sparrow

January 7

1Pileated Woodpecker
2Wood Duck
1Brown Thrasher
7Cedar Waxwing

January 6

4Lesser Scaup