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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.

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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.

October 9

1Common Gallinule ✓
1Purple Gallinule ✓
2Pied-billed Grebe ✓
1Anhinga ✓
1Tricolored Heron ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
1Black Vulture ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
2Blue Jay ✓
17Tree Swallow ✓
23European Starling ✓
2Brown Thrasher ✓
2Northern Mockingbird ✓
1Red-winged Blackbird ✓
1American Redstart ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓
11Northern Cardinal ✓
2White Ibis ✓
2Northern Harrier ✓
3Belted Kingfisher ✓
2Northern Flicker ✓
1Merlin ✓
1Carolina Wren ✓
4Gray Catbird ✓
5Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
5Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Indigo Bunting ✓
2Painted Bunting ✓
8Mourning Dove ✓
2Chimney Swift ✓
2Sora ✓
1Royal Tern ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
1Peregrine Falcon ✓
2Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
2White-eyed Vireo ✓
1Red-eyed Vireo ✓
1Carolina Chickadee ✓
1Tufted Titmouse ✓
1Barn Swallow ✓
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
1Swainson's Thrush ✓
2Swamp Sparrow
1Bobolink ✓
36Common Grackle ✓
3Northern Waterthrush ✓
5Black-and-white Warbler ✓
2Cape May Warbler ✓
2Magnolia Warbler ✓
1Blackpoll Warbler ✓
2Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
1Scarlet Tanager ✓
1Rose-breasted Grosbeak ✓

October 8

1Blue-winged Teal ✓
1Common Nighthawk ✓
5Clapper Rail ✓
1Solitary Sandpiper ✓
12Little Blue Heron ✓
2Snowy Egret ✓
1Green Heron ✓
5Great Egret ✓
2Eastern Towhee ✓
1Dickcissel ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Northern Yellow Warbler ✓
1Prairie Warbler ✓
2Wood Duck ✓
3Mottled Duck ✓
1Killdeer ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
2Northern House Wren ✓
1Marsh Wren ✓

October 7

1House Finch ✓
1Blue Grosbeak ✓

October 6

1Glossy Ibis ✓
1American Bittern ✓
2Great Horned Owl ✓
1Olive-sided Flycatcher
1Worm-eating Warbler ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1Lesser Yellowlegs ✓
6American Crow ✓
4Eastern Bluebird ✓
3Savannah Sparrow ✓
2Yellow-throated Warbler ✓
1Virginia Rail ✓
1Osprey ✓
1Clay-colored Sparrow

October 5

1Yellow-throated Vireo ✓
1Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓

October 4

1Forster's Tern ✓
1Pine Warbler ✓

October 3

1Eurasian Collared-Dove ✓
1Wilson's Snipe ✓
1Eastern Kingbird ✓
1Orange-crowned Warbler ✓
1American Coot ✓