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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.

May 7

5Mourning Dove
5Common Gallinule
2Black-necked Stilt
2Killdeer
1Spotted Sandpiper
2Dunlin
4Forster's Tern
1Anhinga
6Double-crested Cormorant
1Roseate Spoonbill
1American Bittern
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Little Blue Heron
2Tricolored Heron
1Snowy Egret
2Green Heron
6Western Cattle-Egret
3Great Egret
4Great Blue Heron
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Eastern Kingbird
1White-eyed Vireo
1Blue Jay
30Tree Swallow
2Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
38Cedar Waxwing
1Savannah Sparrow
23Bobolink
6Red-winged Blackbird
4Brown-headed Cowbird
1Common Grackle
24Boat-tailed Grackle
3Common Yellowthroat
5Northern Cardinal
1Blue Grosbeak
3Indigo Bunting
1Clapper Rail
2Solitary Sandpiper
1Least Sandpiper
3Gull-billed Tern
2Turkey Vulture
2Great Crested Flycatcher
2Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Gray Catbird
2Eastern Meadowlark

May 6

1Red-tailed Hawk
1Barn Swallow
1Common Nighthawk
3Common Tern
1Orchard Oriole
2American Redstart
1Painted Bunting

May 5

1Osprey
4Least Tern
2Mississippi Kite
2Purple Gallinule
1Lesser Yellowlegs
2American Crow
2Pine Warbler
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Least Bittern
1Swallow-tailed Kite
1Northern Parula

May 4

5Wood Stork
1Red-shouldered Hawk
2Northern Yellow Warbler

May 3

1Laughing Gull
1Northern Harrier
1Northern Waterthrush
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Blackpoll Warbler
1Prairie Warbler
XFish Crow
XRed-eyed Vireo
XEuropean Starling
3White Ibis
1Glossy Ibis
1Eurasian Collared-Dove
1Wilson's Snipe
1Pectoral Sandpiper
1Marsh Wren
1Chipping Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
1Ovenbird
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Black-throated Green Warbler
1Greater Yellowlegs
1Baltimore Oriole
1Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow

May 1

1Pileated Woodpecker
1American Kestrel
1Sandwich Tern
2Eastern Bluebird