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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.

September 21

4Common Gallinule
3Purple Gallinule
1Wood Stork
6Anhinga
1White Ibis
1Tricolored Heron
1Green Heron
1Great Blue Heron
10Turkey Vulture
1Northern Harrier
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Belted Kingfisher
1Eastern Kingbird
3Northern Mockingbird
15Red-winged Blackbird

September 20

1Blue-winged Teal
1Sora
1Killdeer
1Royal Tern
30Western Cattle-Egret
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Eastern Phoebe
1White-eyed Vireo
1Blue Jay
1Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
1Northern House Wren
1Carolina Wren
1Bobolink
1Boat-tailed Grackle
1Northern Waterthrush
4Common Yellowthroat
1Northern Cardinal
1Blue Grosbeak
4Mourning Dove
8Chimney Swift
1Solitary Sandpiper
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Greater Yellowlegs
1Least Sandpiper
1Pied-billed Grebe
12Double-crested Cormorant
2Glossy Ibis
1American Bittern
5Little Blue Heron
3Snowy Egret
1Great Egret
1Black Vulture
1Osprey
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Acadian Flycatcher
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Gray Catbird
1Baltimore Oriole
1Hooded Warbler
4American Redstart
6Northern Yellow Warbler
1Clapper Rail
20Barn Swallow
1Brown Thrasher
1House Finch
1Palm Warbler

September 19

2Black-throated Blue Warbler
1Rock Pigeon
2Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Painted Bunting

September 18

1Forster's Tern
1Downy Woodpecker
2Red-eyed Vireo
1Common Grackle
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Nashville Warbler
1Summer Tanager

September 17

1Northern Flicker

September 16

1American Crow
1Indigo Bunting
3Roseate Spoonbill
1Fish Crow
1Wood Thrush