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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.

March 12

2Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
3Wood Duck
27Blue-winged Teal
25Northern Shoveler
3Ring-necked Duck
2Mourning Dove
32Common Gallinule
80American Coot
1Gray-headed Swamphen
2Killdeer
7Pied-billed Grebe
6Anhinga
8White Ibis
2American Bittern
2Little Blue Heron
6Snowy Egret
4Great Egret
3Turkey Vulture
1American Kestrel
1Eastern Phoebe
3Tufted Titmouse
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Golden-crowned Kinglet
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Northern Mockingbird
1Eastern Towhee
1Eastern Meadowlark
25Red-winged Blackbird
46Boat-tailed Grackle
32Yellow-rumped Warbler
3Northern Cardinal
1Blue-winged Teal x Northern Shoveler (hybrid)
3Mottled Duck
1Virginia Rail
21Wilson's Snipe
3Greater Yellowlegs
4Double-crested Cormorant
2Glossy Ibis
2Tricolored Heron
4Great Blue Heron
1Northern Harrier
1Bald Eagle
3Red-shouldered Hawk
1Belted Kingfisher
1Pileated Woodpecker
1White-eyed Vireo
1Gray Catbird
3White-throated Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
1Common Yellowthroat
1Yellow-throated Warbler
1Clapper Rail
1Black Vulture
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1Blue-headed Vireo
1Carolina Wren
1Hermit Thrush
2Savannah Sparrow
3Song Sparrow
1Common Grackle
2Lesser Yellowlegs
2Osprey
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Brown Creeper
6American Robin
12Cedar Waxwing
1Orange-crowned Warbler
1Willet
1Blue Jay
2Carolina Chickadee
2Sora
1Cooper's Hawk
1Northern Flicker
1American Crow
2Mallard

March 11

2Sandhill Crane
1Solitary Sandpiper
100Tree Swallow
1Wood Stork
2Eastern Bluebird
4Rusty Blackbird
1Least Sandpiper
1Brown Thrasher
10Gadwall
6American Wigeon
7Northern Pintail
6Green-winged Teal
4Pectoral Sandpiper
2Ring-billed Gull
2Forster's Tern
1Western Cattle-Egret
2Barn Swallow
2Marsh Wren
1LeConte's Sparrow
1Palm Warbler

March 10

1Loggerhead Shrike

March 9

1Northern Parula
2House Finch

March 8

2Brown-headed Cowbird
1Pine Warbler
1Black-and-white Warbler
73Laughing Gull
XLesser Scaup

March 6

1Winter Wren
1Chipping Sparrow