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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.

May 1

1Mourning Dove
1Common Nighthawk
7Common Gallinule
3Killdeer
12Least Tern
4Forster's Tern
2Anhinga
1Glossy Ibis
1Green Heron
2Great Egret
3Great Blue Heron
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Pileated Woodpecker
1American Kestrel
1Great Crested Flycatcher
2Blue Jay
28Tree Swallow
10Barn Swallow
2Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
1Bobolink
26Red-winged Blackbird
4Common Grackle
23Boat-tailed Grackle
2Common Yellowthroat
1Northern Parula
3Northern Cardinal
2Indigo Bunting
1Solitary Sandpiper
1Sandwich Tern
2Wood Stork
1Tricolored Heron
1Snowy Egret
3Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
2White-eyed Vireo
2Fish Crow
2Gray Catbird
2Eastern Bluebird
1Orchard Oriole
3Painted Bunting
8Least Sandpiper
2Gull-billed Tern
1Eastern Kingbird
20Cedar Waxwing
1Blue Grosbeak

April 29

1Purple Gallinule
1Western Cattle-Egret
1Tufted Titmouse
1Least Bittern
2American Crow
1Marsh Wren
1American Robin
1Savannah Sparrow
1American Redstart
1Yellow-throated Warbler

April 28

1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1American Coot
1American Woodcock
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Royal Tern
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Brown Thrasher
1Swamp Sparrow
2Mottled Duck
6Black-necked Stilt
2Spotted Sandpiper
7White Ibis
1Northern Harrier
1Belted Kingfisher
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
3Carolina Chickadee
1Hooded Warbler
2Clapper Rail
1Northern Yellow Warbler
1Palm Warbler
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Summer Tanager

April 27

9Greater Yellowlegs
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Little Blue Heron
5Black Vulture
1White-throated Sparrow
1Prothonotary Warbler
1Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1Sora
1Wilson's Snipe
1Laughing Gull
1Black-crowned Night Heron
2Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1House Finch

April 26

4Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
1Downy Woodpecker
4Brown-headed Cowbird
12Mississippi Kite
1Mallard
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Northern Waterthrush
3Black-and-white Warbler
1Black-throated Blue Warbler
2Common Tern
2Song Sparrow
1Yellow-breasted Chat
2Ovenbird
1Worm-eating Warbler
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Blackpoll Warbler
10Chimney Swift
1Bald Eagle
2Scarlet Tanager

April 25

1King Rail
1Red-eyed Vireo