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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.

April 8

2Blue-winged Teal
2Mourning Dove
14Common Gallinule
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Greater Yellowlegs
1Sandwich Tern
3Anhinga
1Double-crested Cormorant
3White Ibis
75Glossy Ibis
3Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
18Snowy Egret
8Great Egret
6Great Blue Heron
1Black Vulture
2Turkey Vulture
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Belted Kingfisher
100Tree Swallow
20Barn Swallow
1Northern Mockingbird
1Savannah Sparrow
4Song Sparrow
25Red-winged Blackbird
100Boat-tailed Grackle
3Northern Cardinal
6Northern Rough-winged Swallow
10Brown-headed Cowbird
2Canada Goose
1Eurasian Collared-Dove
1Purple Gallinule
2Black-necked Stilt
1Wilson's Snipe
2Stilt Sandpiper
10Dunlin
4Laughing Gull
2Ring-billed Gull
4Least Tern
8Forster's Tern
3Royal Tern
1Pied-billed Grebe
2Wood Stork
5Western Cattle-Egret
1Osprey
6American Crow
10Fish Crow
1Marsh Wren
1Carolina Wren
50European Starling
4Gray Catbird
3American Robin
2Swamp Sparrow
XCommon Grackle
1Yellow-throated Warbler
XMottled Duck
XAmerican Coot
XKilldeer
XSolitary Sandpiper
XNorthern Harrier
2American Black Duck
1Bald Eagle
1Blue Jay
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2Cedar Waxwing
1White-throated Sparrow
1Common Yellowthroat

April 7

4Tufted Titmouse
2Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Carolina Chickadee
1Redhead
2Eastern Kingbird
1Prothonotary Warbler
2Wood Duck
1King Rail
1Green Heron
1Northern House Wren
1Eastern Towhee
1Northern Waterthrush

April 6

1Pileated Woodpecker
7Clapper Rail
2Yellow-crowned Night Heron
2Black-crowned Night Heron
3Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Northern Flicker
2White-breasted Nuthatch
6Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Brown Thrasher
2Prairie Warbler
1Chimney Swift
1American Bittern
4Northern Parula

April 5

1Hudsonian Whimbrel
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Loggerhead Shrike
1Hermit Thrush

April 4

12Least Sandpiper
1Roseate Spoonbill

April 3

4Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
3White-eyed Vireo
1Bachman's Sparrow

April 2

1Sora
1Northern Bobwhite
1Eastern Bluebird
1Caspian Tern
2Chipping Sparrow