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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.

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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 10

9Mourning Dove
22Common Gallinule
9Killdeer
6Greater Yellowlegs
1Forster's Tern
6Pied-billed Grebe
18Anhinga
25Glossy Ibis
1Tricolored Heron
6Snowy Egret
11Great Egret
8Great Blue Heron
6Black Vulture
3Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1Belted Kingfisher
3Blue Jay
1Carolina Chickadee
5Tree Swallow
1Northern House Wren
3Marsh Wren
2Carolina Wren
3Northern Mockingbird
1Hermit Thrush
4White-throated Sparrow
7Savannah Sparrow
2Swamp Sparrow
36Red-winged Blackbird
9Common Grackle
17Boat-tailed Grackle
3Common Yellowthroat
4Northern Cardinal
2Black-necked Stilt
2Lesser Yellowlegs
5Double-crested Cormorant
10White Ibis
2Little Blue Heron
2Northern Harrier
1Red-tailed Hawk
4Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Merlin
1White-eyed Vireo
1Tufted Titmouse
1Gray Catbird
18Cedar Waxwing
1Brown-headed Cowbird
12Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Yellow-throated Warbler

April 9

2Mottled Duck
1Virginia Rail
2Short-billed Dowitcher
1Spotted Sandpiper
5Least Tern
1Wood Stork
1Loggerhead Shrike
XNorthern Rough-winged Swallow
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1House Finch
1American Goldfinch
1White-crowned Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
1Northern Parula

April 8

2Blue-winged Teal
1Sandwich Tern
20Barn Swallow
4Song Sparrow
2Canada Goose
1Eurasian Collared-Dove
1Purple Gallinule
1Wilson's Snipe
2Stilt Sandpiper
10Dunlin
4Laughing Gull
2Ring-billed Gull
3Royal Tern
5Western Cattle-Egret
6American Crow
10Fish Crow
50European Starling
3American Robin
XAmerican Coot
XSolitary Sandpiper
2American Black Duck
1Bald Eagle

April 7

1Redhead
2Eastern Kingbird
1Prothonotary Warbler
2Wood Duck
1King Rail
1Green Heron
1Northern Waterthrush

April 6

1Pileated Woodpecker
7Clapper Rail
2Yellow-crowned Night Heron
2Black-crowned Night Heron
1Northern Flicker
2White-breasted Nuthatch
2Brown Thrasher
2Prairie Warbler
1Chimney Swift
1American Bittern

April 5

1Hudsonian Whimbrel
1Red-shouldered Hawk

April 4

12Least Sandpiper
1Roseate Spoonbill