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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.

May 19

3Common Gallinule
1Killdeer
1Anhinga
2Double-crested Cormorant
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Western Cattle-Egret
5Great Egret
7Great Blue Heron
4Turkey Vulture
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Carolina Wren
10Red-winged Blackbird
2Common Grackle
7Boat-tailed Grackle
2Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
12Mourning Dove
1Common Nighthawk
2Purple Gallinule
5Forster's Tern
1Little Blue Heron
2Snowy Egret
2Green Heron
1Osprey
1Mississippi Kite
5Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Great Crested Flycatcher
1Eastern Kingbird
1Blue Jay
2Carolina Chickadee
1Tree Swallow
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow
2Barn Swallow
1Brown Thrasher
4Northern Mockingbird
2Orchard Oriole
1Common Yellowthroat
1Yellow-throated Warbler
5Northern Cardinal
5Indigo Bunting
5Painted Bunting
3Least Tern
1Tufted Titmouse

May 18

1King Rail
2Gull-billed Tern
1Least Bittern
1Swallow-tailed Kite
1Northern Flicker
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1American Robin

May 16

1Glossy Ibis
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Semipalmated Plover
2Spotted Sandpiper
1Least Sandpiper
1Wood Stork
1Cooper's Hawk
1Bobolink
1Brown-headed Cowbird
1Summer Tanager

May 15

2American Coot
1Clapper Rail
1Hudsonian Whimbrel
4Black Vulture
1Bald Eagle
2Downy Woodpecker
3American Crow
2Cliff Swallow
1European Starling
1Eastern Towhee
1Yellow-breasted Chat
1American Redstart
2Magnolia Warbler
1Northern Yellow Warbler
1Blackpoll Warbler
1Blue Grosbeak
1Black-necked Stilt
1Sanderling
3Tricolored Heron
1White-eyed Vireo
20Cedar Waxwing

May 14

3Fish Crow

May 13

1Solitary Sandpiper
2Northern Waterthrush
1Mute Swan
1White-rumped Sandpiper
1American Kestrel
1Eastern Bluebird
1Savannah Sparrow
2Mottled Duck