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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 25

1Mourning Dove
1King Rail
7Common Gallinule
2Gull-billed Tern
27Anhinga
7Western Cattle-Egret
2Great Egret
6Great Blue Heron
3Turkey Vulture
4Mississippi Kite
3Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Great Crested Flycatcher
2White-eyed Vireo
5Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
5Carolina Wren
2Gray Catbird
27Red-winged Blackbird
2Northern Waterthrush
1Prothonotary Warbler
4American Redstart
1Northern Yellow Warbler
10Northern Cardinal
2Blue Grosbeak

August 24

1Clapper Rail
1Solitary Sandpiper
1Double-crested Cormorant
4Green Heron
1Osprey
1Swallow-tailed Kite
1Downy Woodpecker
2Red-eyed Vireo
2Blue Jay
1American Crow
4Carolina Chickadee
1Tree Swallow
7Barn Swallow
2Northern Mockingbird
1Common Yellowthroat
1Hooded Warbler
1Yellow-throated Warbler
1Prairie Warbler
2Indigo Bunting
3Painted Bunting
1Purple Gallinule
1Royal Tern
1Red-tailed Hawk

August 23

1Spotted Sandpiper
1Belted Kingfisher
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
1Loggerhead Shrike
1Tufted Titmouse
1American Robin
2Bobolink
2Boat-tailed Grackle

August 22

1Killdeer
1American Bittern
1Least Bittern
1Little Blue Heron
1Cooper's Hawk
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Orchard Oriole
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Northern Parula
1White Ibis
1Eastern Kingbird
4Laughing Gull
4Forster's Tern
2Tricolored Heron
2Pileated Woodpecker
4Brown Thrasher
1Bachman's Sparrow
1Yellow-breasted Chat
1Eastern Meadowlark
XCommon Grackle
1Summer Tanager

August 21

2Black Vulture
2Pied-billed Grebe

August 20

4Pectoral Sandpiper
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Yellow-throated Vireo

August 19

3Snowy Egret