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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.

November 14

XMourning Dove ✓
XCommon Gallinule ✓
XAmerican Coot ✓
2Killdeer ✓
3Pied-billed Grebe ✓
XAnhinga ✓
XWhite Ibis ✓
XLittle Blue Heron ✓
XSnowy Egret ✓
XGreat Egret ✓
XGreat Blue Heron ✓
2Turkey Vulture ✓
2Northern Harrier ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
XEastern Phoebe ✓
1Tufted Titmouse ✓
XTree Swallow ✓
XRuby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Carolina Wren ✓
1Gray Catbird ✓
XSavannah Sparrow ✓
XSong Sparrow ✓
XSwamp Sparrow ✓
3Eastern Meadowlark ✓
XCommon Grackle ✓
1Orange-crowned Warbler ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓
2Northern Cardinal ✓
1Clapper Rail ✓
2Lesser Yellowlegs ✓
2Greater Yellowlegs ✓
14Double-crested Cormorant ✓
1Black-crowned Night Heron ✓
3Tricolored Heron ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
1American Kestrel ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
40Red-winged Blackbird ✓
10Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
3Wood Duck ✓
40Blue-winged Teal ✓
10Northern Shoveler ✓
6Northern Pintail ✓
40Green-winged Teal ✓
1Royal Tern ✓
4Glossy Ibis ✓
3Western Cattle-Egret ✓
1Osprey ✓
3Bald Eagle ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
2Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Loggerhead Shrike ✓
6American Crow ✓
1Carolina Chickadee ✓
1House Finch ✓
2Eastern Towhee ✓
2Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓

November 13

2Mottled Duck ✓
4Ring-necked Duck ✓
2Forster's Tern ✓
8Mallard ✓
2Ruddy Duck ✓
1Sharp-shinned Hawk ✓
2Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Merlin ✓
2Blue Jay ✓
3Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
1Eastern Marsh Wren ✓
1American Goldfinch ✓
1Laughing Gull ✓
1Ring-billed Gull ✓
1Barn Swallow
1Northern Waterthrush
1American Redstart ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
1Hermit Thrush ✓
2White-throated Sparrow ✓
1Black-and-white Warbler ✓
3Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Painted Bunting ✓

November 12

2Bufflehead ✓
1Vesper Sparrow ✓

November 11

2Downy Woodpecker ✓
3Sedge Wren ✓
3Chipping Sparrow ✓
2White-crowned Sparrow ✓
1Brown-headed Cowbird ✓

November 10

4Black Vulture ✓
3Dark-eyed Junco ✓
3Sora ✓
1Northern Parula
1American Bittern ✓

November 9

1Canada Goose ✓
1Wilson's Snipe ✓
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
2American Robin ✓

November 8

1Great Horned Owl ✓
1Blue-headed Vireo ✓
6Wood Stork ✓
6Brown Pelican ✓
1Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
13European Starling ✓
2Eastern Bluebird ✓
1King Rail
1Caspian Tern ✓
2Fish Crow ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Purple Gallinule ✓