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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 20

5Mourning Dove
1Clapper Rail
1Common Gallinule
4Black-necked Stilt
8Killdeer
5Wilson's Snipe
1Spotted Sandpiper
8Solitary Sandpiper
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Greater Yellowlegs
8Least Sandpiper
6Least Tern
3Forster's Tern
4Anhinga
1Glossy Ibis
1White-faced Ibis
1Green Heron
2Great Egret
3Great Blue Heron
1Bald Eagle
2Great Crested Flycatcher
2Blue Jay
1Carolina Chickadee
20Tree Swallow
2Carolina Wren
1Brown Thrasher
5Cedar Waxwing
2Savannah Sparrow
4Red-winged Blackbird
1Common Grackle
5Boat-tailed Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat
1Northern Cardinal
1Northern Harrier
1Tricolored Heron
10Snowy Egret
2Osprey
3Swallow-tailed Kite
1Red-tailed Hawk
3American Crow
2Bank Swallow
2Little Blue Heron
1Turkey Vulture
1Eastern Kingbird
1Fish Crow
1Northern Mockingbird
5Bobolink
1Northern Yellow Warbler
2Ring-necked Duck
1Gull-billed Tern
1Pied-billed Grebe
2Wood Stork
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Black Vulture
1Mississippi Kite
1White-eyed Vireo
1White-throated Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
2Painted Bunting
1Laughing Gull
1Royal Tern
1Downy Woodpecker
12Northern Rough-winged Swallow
9Barn Swallow
1Prairie Warbler
1Sora
1Pectoral Sandpiper
2White Ibis
1Tufted Titmouse
1Northern Parula

April 19

1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Indigo Bunting
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Eastern Towhee
2Brown-headed Cowbird
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Purple Gallinule
2Eastern Bluebird
2Eastern Meadowlark
1Orchard Oriole
2Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
2Western Cattle-Egret
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Northern House Wren
1Baltimore Oriole
1Blue Grosbeak

April 18

1Mottled Duck
2Gray Catbird
2Chipping Sparrow
1Yellow-throated Warbler
1American Coot
1Northern Waterthrush
15Chimney Swift
1Red-headed Woodpecker
4European Starling
3Song Sparrow
1Blue-winged Teal
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Belted Kingfisher
1Marsh Wren
1American Goldfinch
1Pine Warbler
1Palm Warbler

April 15

1American Wigeon
2Caspian Tern
1Red-eyed Vireo
1Hermit Thrush
4Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
1Loggerhead Shrike

April 14

1Stilt Sandpiper
1Dunlin
1Least Bittern
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet