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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 9

2Mourning Dove
1Common Nighthawk
2Anhinga
18Red-winged Blackbird
2Boat-tailed Grackle
4Common Yellowthroat
5Northern Cardinal
2Indigo Bunting
5Common Gallinule
1Purple Gallinule
6Forster's Tern
1Green Heron
2Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
1Northern Mockingbird

May 8

8Killdeer
3Spotted Sandpiper
5Least Tern
5Western Cattle-Egret
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Great Crested Flycatcher
1Blue Jay
2Fish Crow
3Tufted Titmouse
2Carolina Wren
6Bobolink
4Common Grackle
1American Redstart
1Yellow-throated Warbler
1Chimney Swift
1Semipalmated Plover
1Solitary Sandpiper
2Glossy Ibis
1Least Bittern
1Little Blue Heron
1Black Vulture
1Osprey
1Barred Owl
1Belted Kingfisher
1Downy Woodpecker
1Eastern Kingbird
1American Crow
1Barn Swallow
1Yellow-breasted Chat
1Northern Waterthrush
2Northern Parula
2Northern Yellow Warbler

May 7

2Black-necked Stilt
2Dunlin
6Double-crested Cormorant
1Roseate Spoonbill
1American Bittern
1Black-crowned Night Heron
2Tricolored Heron
1Snowy Egret
1White-eyed Vireo
30Tree Swallow
38Cedar Waxwing
1Savannah Sparrow
4Brown-headed Cowbird
1Blue Grosbeak
1Clapper Rail
1Least Sandpiper
3Gull-billed Tern
2Turkey Vulture
2Carolina Chickadee
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Gray Catbird
2Eastern Meadowlark

May 6

1Red-tailed Hawk
3Common Tern
1Orchard Oriole
1Painted Bunting

May 5

2Mississippi Kite
1Lesser Yellowlegs
2Pine Warbler
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Swallow-tailed Kite

May 4

5Wood Stork
1Red-shouldered Hawk

May 3

1Laughing Gull
1Northern Harrier
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Blackpoll Warbler
1Prairie Warbler
XRed-eyed Vireo
XEuropean Starling
3White 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