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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.

October 12

1Clapper Rail ✓
1Sora ✓
6Common Gallinule ✓
5Royal Tern ✓
1Pied-billed Grebe ✓
21Anhinga ✓
7Double-crested Cormorant ✓
1Little Blue Heron ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
1Northern Harrier ✓
2Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
1Peregrine Falcon ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
500Tree Swallow ✓
500Northern Rough-winged Swallow
500Barn Swallow ✓
10Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
1Gray Catbird ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
1Swamp Sparrow ✓
50Red-winged Blackbird ✓
2Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
1Northern Waterthrush ✓
25Common Yellowthroat ✓
30American Redstart ✓
1Northern Parula ✓
7Northern Yellow Warbler ✓
3Palm Warbler ✓
1Prairie Warbler ✓
1Northern Cardinal ✓
1Indigo Bunting ✓
2Painted Bunting ✓
1Eurasian Collared-Dove ✓
1Mourning Dove ✓
1Lesser Yellowlegs ✓
3Turkey Vulture ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
4Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
2White-eyed Vireo ✓
1Loggerhead Shrike ✓
2Blue Jay ✓
2Carolina Chickadee ✓
1Tufted Titmouse ✓
1Marsh Wren ✓
2Carolina Wren ✓
2Northern Mockingbird ✓
1White-crowned Sparrow ✓
1Cape May Warbler ✓
1Magnolia Warbler ✓
1Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
1Yellow-throated Warbler ✓
1Black-throated Green Warbler ✓
1Purple Gallinule ✓
1Killdeer ✓
2White Ibis ✓
6Great Egret ✓
1Black Vulture ✓
1Osprey ✓
1Bald Eagle ✓
1Barred Owl ✓
1Savannah Sparrow ✓
5Common Grackle ✓

October 11

2Forster's Tern ✓
XGlossy Ibis ✓
1Merlin ✓
1Snowy Egret ✓
2Blackburnian Warbler ✓
1Green Heron ✓
2Northern House Wren ✓
1House Finch ✓
1Eastern Towhee ✓
2Bobolink ✓
8Black-bellied Whistling-Duck ✓
1Song Sparrow ✓
1Black-and-white Warbler ✓

October 10

4Blue-winged Teal ✓
1Common Nighthawk ✓
1American Bittern ✓
1Tricolored Heron ✓
1Great Horned Owl ✓
1American Kestrel ✓
2Red-eyed Vireo ✓
1Chimney Swift ✓

October 9

1Wood Duck ✓
1Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
23European Starling ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
1Swainson's Thrush ✓
1Blackpoll Warbler ✓
1Scarlet Tanager ✓
1Rose-breasted Grosbeak ✓
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓

October 8

1Solitary Sandpiper ✓
1Dickcissel ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
3Mottled Duck ✓

October 7

1Blue Grosbeak ✓

October 6

1Olive-sided Flycatcher ✓
1Worm-eating Warbler ✓
6American Crow ✓
4Eastern Bluebird ✓
1Virginia Rail ✓
1Clay-colored Sparrow ✓