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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 3

4Mourning Dove
3Common Gallinule
1Killdeer
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Solitary Sandpiper
5Least Tern
5Forster's Tern
2Anhinga
1Little Blue Heron
1Western Cattle-Egret
1Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
1Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1Northern Harrier
1Red-tailed Hawk
2Eastern Kingbird
3Blue Jay
1Tree Swallow
8Barn Swallow
1Carolina Wren
2Gray Catbird
3Northern Mockingbird
16Bobolink
16Red-winged Blackbird
10Boat-tailed Grackle
1Black-and-white Warbler
10Common Yellowthroat
2American Redstart
1Northern Parula
1Northern Yellow Warbler
1Blackpoll Warbler
1Prairie Warbler
4Northern Cardinal
1Indigo Bunting
1Painted Bunting
3White Ibis
1Glossy Ibis
7Snowy Egret
11American Crow
20Fish Crow
1Eurasian Collared-Dove
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
2Common Nighthawk
2Purple Gallinule
1Black-necked Stilt
1Wilson's Snipe
1Least Sandpiper
1Pectoral Sandpiper
1Tricolored Heron
1Green Heron
1Swallow-tailed Kite
4Mississippi Kite
3Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Great Crested Flycatcher
1White-eyed Vireo
1Red-eyed Vireo
2Tufted Titmouse
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Marsh Wren
40Cedar Waxwing
1Chipping Sparrow
2Savannah Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
2Common Grackle
1Ovenbird
3Northern Waterthrush
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Black-throated Green Warbler
1Greater Yellowlegs
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1Eastern Meadowlark
1Blue Grosbeak

May 1

1Pileated Woodpecker
1American Kestrel
1Sandwich Tern
2Wood Stork
2Eastern Bluebird
1Orchard Oriole
2Gull-billed Tern

April 29

1Least Bittern
1American Robin
1Yellow-throated Warbler

April 28

1American Coot
1American Woodcock
1Royal Tern
1Brown Thrasher
2Mottled Duck
1Belted Kingfisher
3Carolina Chickadee
1Hooded Warbler
2Clapper Rail
1Palm Warbler
1Summer Tanager

April 27

1Double-crested Cormorant
5Black Vulture
1White-throated Sparrow
1Prothonotary Warbler
1Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1Sora
1Laughing Gull
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1House Finch