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The Carolina Bird Club is a non-profit organization that represents and supports the birding community in the Carolinas through its website, publications, meetings, workshops, trips, and partnerships, whose mission is


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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.

The Club publishes two print publications (now also available online). The Chat is a quarterly ornithological journal that contains scientific articles, reports of bird records committees and bird counts, and general field notes on bird sightings. CBC Newsletter is published bimonthly and includes birding articles and information about meetings, field trips, and Club news.

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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.

July 1

4Wood Duck
4Mourning Dove
8Common Gallinule
3Killdeer
2Least Tern
4Anhinga
4Double-crested Cormorant
8Glossy Ibis
1Least Bittern
2Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
1Green Heron
8Western Cattle-Egret
1Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
1Turkey Vulture
1Red-headed Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Carolina Wren
2Northern Mockingbird
25Red-winged Blackbird
30Boat-tailed Grackle
2Prothonotary Warbler
1Common Yellowthroat
1Yellow-throated Warbler
1Northern Cardinal

June 30

XSnowy Egret
15Swallow-tailed Kite
1Red-tailed Hawk
XTree Swallow
XPurple Martin
1Purple Gallinule
4Mississippi Kite
1Indigo Bunting

June 28

2Yellow-billed Cuckoo
2Chimney Swift
2Black Vulture
1Blue Jay
3Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
2Barn Swallow
2Common Grackle
3Painted Bunting
1Blue Grosbeak
1Clapper Rail
2Osprey
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Eastern Kingbird
2Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
1Great Crested Flycatcher
3Orchard Oriole
1Cooper's Hawk
1Fish Crow
2Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1European Starling
1Brown-headed Cowbird
1White Ibis
1White-eyed Vireo

June 27

1Brown Thrasher
2Rock Pigeon
2American Herring Gull
4Forster's Tern
1Wood Stork
2American Crow
1Marsh Wren
1Eastern Meadowlark
1Common Nighthawk
2Black-necked Stilt
1House Finch

June 26

1Great Horned Owl
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Cliff Swallow
2Gull-billed Tern
2Yellow-crowned Night Heron
1Summer Tanager