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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.

August 6

1Mourning Dove
5Chimney Swift
1Royal Tern
21Anhinga
29Western Cattle-Egret
2Great Egret
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
1Northern Mockingbird
2Red-winged Blackbird
1Northern Cardinal
2Common Gallinule
1Purple Gallinule
1Pied-billed Grebe
1Least Bittern
1Little Blue Heron
1Green Heron
4Great Blue Heron
1Downy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Loggerhead Shrike
1Blue Jay
1Carolina Wren
2Orchard Oriole
1Common Grackle
1Blue Grosbeak
1Indigo Bunting
1Painted Bunting

August 5

1Clapper Rail
1Black-crowned Night Heron
2Osprey
1White-eyed Vireo
1American Crow
2Carolina Chickadee
2Tufted Titmouse
1Barn Swallow
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Marsh Wren
1American Redstart
3Northern Yellow Warbler

August 4

1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
2Tricolored Heron
1Snowy Egret
2Swallow-tailed Kite
7Mississippi Kite
15Brown-headed Cowbird
3Northern Parula
1Summer Tanager
1Gull-billed Tern
7Wood Duck
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2Laughing Gull
2Turkey Vulture
1Cooper's Hawk
2Great Crested Flycatcher
2Purple Martin
2House Finch

August 3

1Double-crested Cormorant
3Red-eyed Vireo

August 2

1Louisiana Waterthrush
1Northern Waterthrush
1Prothonotary Warbler
1Swainson's Warbler
1Hooded Warbler
1Prairie Warbler
11White Ibis
2Glossy Ibis
2Brown Thrasher
2Boat-tailed Grackle
1Yellow-throated Warbler

August 1

1Yellow-crowned Night Heron

July 31

4Black Vulture
1Tree Swallow
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Eastern Kingbird
1Common Yellowthroat
1Belted Kingfisher