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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 7

40Northern Shoveler
4Green-winged Teal
12Ring-necked Duck
5Mourning Dove
1Clapper Rail
33Common Gallinule
44American Coot
1Killdeer
4Forster's Tern
5Pied-billed Grebe
4Anhinga
2White Ibis
3Glossy Ibis
11Little Blue Heron
3Tricolored Heron
18Snowy Egret
4Great Egret
3Great Blue Heron
1Northern Harrier
2Belted Kingfisher
3Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Northern Flicker
3American Crow
1Tufted Titmouse
1Carolina Wren
1Savannah Sparrow
11Song Sparrow
4Swamp Sparrow
40Red-winged Blackbird
10Boat-tailed Grackle
2Wood Duck
4Blue-winged Teal
2Double-crested Cormorant
7Western Cattle-Egret
2Turkey Vulture
2Eastern Phoebe
1Loggerhead Shrike
1Fish Crow
3Carolina Chickadee
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2Northern Mockingbird
2American Robin
1Eastern Towhee
2Northern Cardinal
3Mallard
3Northern Pintail
3Wood Stork
4Blue Jay
500Tree Swallow
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Northern House Wren
2Gray Catbird
1Brown Thrasher
7Cedar Waxwing
3White-throated Sparrow
22Eastern Meadowlark
25Yellow-rumped Warbler

January 6

2Mottled Duck
4Lesser Scaup
2Wilson's Snipe
1Red-shouldered Hawk

January 4

1American Bittern
2Bald Eagle
1Red-tailed Hawk
4Rusty Blackbird
1Hermit Thrush
1Palm Warbler
50Bufflehead

January 3

1American Wigeon
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1Orange-crowned Warbler
2Eastern Bluebird
1Gadwall
1Ruddy Duck

January 2

12Red-breasted Merganser
4Black Vulture
1Black-crowned Night Heron
8Hooded Merganser
1Sora
1Lesser Yellowlegs
3Ring-billed Gull
1Cooper's Hawk
1American Goldfinch
1Common Yellowthroat

January 1

1Common Goldeneye
1Winter Wren
1Chipping Sparrow
2House Finch
2Common Grackle
2Yellow-throated Warbler
2Common Loon
2Brown Pelican
4White-breasted Nuthatch
3Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Black-and-white Warbler
3Pine Warbler
1Redhead
1Northern Bobwhite