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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.

April 16

20Common Gallinule
2Killdeer
1Wood Stork
8Anhinga
20Snowy Egret
2Western Cattle-Egret
30Great Egret
10Great Blue Heron
1Osprey
1Bald Eagle
1Song Sparrow
5Red-winged Blackbird
6Boat-tailed Grackle
2Mourning Dove
1Wilson's Snipe
3Lesser Yellowlegs
1Greater Yellowlegs
3Gull-billed Tern
1Double-crested Cormorant
6Little Blue Heron
1Swallow-tailed Kite
1Red-tailed Hawk
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Blue Jay
2Tufted Titmouse
1Carolina Wren
15Cedar Waxwing
1Common Grackle
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Common Yellowthroat
2Northern Cardinal

April 15

2Least Sandpiper
1Least Tern
2Glossy Ibis
2Black Vulture
1White-eyed Vireo
1Carolina Chickadee
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
1White-throated Sparrow
4Savannah Sparrow
1Northern Parula
1Yellow-throated Warbler
2Forster's Tern
1White Ibis
1Black-crowned Night Heron
3Green Heron
1Eastern Kingbird
1Red-eyed Vireo
10Tree Swallow
1Hermit Thrush
1Swamp Sparrow
1Brown-headed Cowbird
4Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Mottled Duck
1Chimney Swift
2Clapper Rail
3Black-necked Stilt
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
1Tricolored Heron
1Loggerhead Shrike
1Barn Swallow
1Northern House Wren
5Marsh Wren
2American Wigeon
1Turkey Vulture

April 14

2Solitary Sandpiper
1Stilt Sandpiper
1Dunlin
1Pied-billed Grebe
1Painted Bunting
2Ring-necked Duck
1American Crow
1Fish Crow
7Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1Purple Gallinule
1Least Bittern
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Eastern Towhee

April 13

1Sora
1White-faced Ibis
1Palm Warbler
1Laughing Gull
2Royal Tern
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1American Bittern
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
2American Goldfinch
1Northern Waterthrush
2Brown Thrasher
3Canada Goose
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Northern Harrier
1Orchard Oriole

April 12

1Belted Kingfisher
1American Pipit
2Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
2American Avocet
2Hooded Merganser
1Eastern Phoebe
1Cooper's Hawk
1Prothonotary Warbler

April 11

1American Coot

April 10

1Blue-headed Vireo
1Merlin