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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.

August 22

6Mourning Dove
2Clapper Rail
13Common Gallinule
1Killdeer
2Gull-billed Tern
1Royal Tern
37Anhinga
2Double-crested Cormorant
1White Ibis
6Green Heron
103Western Cattle-Egret
1Great Egret
4Great Blue Heron
3Turkey Vulture
3Osprey
1Cooper's Hawk
2Mississippi Kite
2Red-tailed Hawk
1Belted Kingfisher
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1Eastern Kingbird
1White-eyed Vireo
1Blue Jay
3Carolina Chickadee
2Barn Swallow
6Carolina Wren
5Northern Mockingbird
2Bobolink
131Red-winged Blackbird
2Northern Waterthrush
2Prothonotary Warbler
2Northern Yellow Warbler
2Prairie Warbler
10Northern Cardinal
1Purple Gallinule
4Laughing Gull
4Forster's Tern
1Least Bittern
2Tricolored Heron
2Downy Woodpecker
2Pileated Woodpecker
2Red-eyed Vireo
12Tufted Titmouse
20Tree Swallow
10Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
4Brown Thrasher
1Bachman's Sparrow
1Yellow-breasted Chat
1Eastern Meadowlark
XCommon Grackle
1Summer Tanager
2Blue Grosbeak

August 21

2Black Vulture
2Pied-billed Grebe

August 20

1Red-shouldered Hawk
4Pectoral Sandpiper
1Swallow-tailed Kite
1American Redstart
1Northern Parula
1Yellow-throated Warbler
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Solitary Sandpiper
1Yellow-throated Vireo
3Boat-tailed Grackle
1Indigo Bunting
2Painted Bunting

August 19

3Snowy Egret

August 16

10Short-billed Dowitcher
2Caspian Tern
2Little Blue Heron
1Orchard Oriole
2Pine Warbler