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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 6

8Mourning Dove
1Common Nighthawk
21Common Gallinule
9Killdeer
3Common Tern
4Anhinga
1Green Heron
2Western Cattle-Egret
2Great Blue Heron
4Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Great Crested Flycatcher
3Eastern Kingbird
4Blue Jay
4Carolina Chickadee
9Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
7Bobolink
1Orchard Oriole
100Red-winged Blackbird
3Common Grackle
100Boat-tailed Grackle
7Common Yellowthroat
2American Redstart
4Northern Cardinal
1Painted Bunting

May 5

5Forster's Tern
1Snowy Egret
2Great Egret
1Osprey
34Tree Swallow
2Purple Gallinule
2Solitary Sandpiper
1Lesser Yellowlegs
3Least Tern
2Tricolored Heron
4Turkey Vulture
2American Crow
2Tufted Titmouse
2Barn Swallow
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Northern Mockingbird
2Savannah Sparrow
6Brown-headed Cowbird
2Pine Warbler
2Blue Grosbeak
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Spotted Sandpiper
2Double-crested Cormorant
1Least Bittern
1Little Blue Heron
1Swallow-tailed Kite
1Mississippi Kite
1Northern Parula
1Indigo Bunting

May 4

12Cedar Waxwing
1Clapper Rail
5Wood Stork
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Red-tailed Hawk
2Northern Yellow Warbler

May 3

1Laughing Gull
1Northern Harrier
1Northern Waterthrush
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Blackpoll Warbler
1Prairie Warbler
XGull-billed Tern
XFish Crow
XRed-eyed Vireo
XEuropean Starling
3White Ibis
1Glossy Ibis
1Eurasian Collared-Dove
1Black-necked Stilt
1Wilson's Snipe
1Least Sandpiper
1Pectoral Sandpiper
1White-eyed Vireo
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
1Eastern Meadowlark

May 1

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