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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.

May 13

3Eastern Kingbird
2Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1Mute Swan
2Mourning Dove
9Common Gallinule
1Purple Gallinule
1Black-necked Stilt
2Killdeer
1White-rumped Sandpiper
6Least Tern
1Forster's Tern
1Wood Stork
4Anhinga
4Glossy Ibis
1Snowy Egret
6Western Cattle-Egret
1Great Egret
4Great Blue Heron
3Turkey Vulture
1Swallow-tailed Kite
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1American Kestrel
1Blue Jay
1Tufted Titmouse
5Tree Swallow
2Carolina Wren
4Northern Mockingbird
1Eastern Bluebird
2Cedar Waxwing
1Savannah Sparrow
1Yellow-breasted Chat
1Orchard Oriole
50Red-winged Blackbird
1Brown-headed Cowbird
2Common Grackle
20Boat-tailed Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat
1Yellow-throated Warbler
3Northern Cardinal
2Indigo Bunting
1Painted Bunting
2Mottled Duck
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Least Sandpiper
1Double-crested Cormorant
2Least Bittern
2Little Blue Heron
2Green Heron
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Great Crested Flycatcher
2Carolina Chickadee
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

May 12

5Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
1Common Nighthawk
3Barn Swallow
3Bobolink

May 10

2Northern Waterthrush
2American Redstart
1Solitary Sandpiper
1Osprey
4Mississippi Kite
1White-eyed Vireo
1Northern Yellow Warbler
1Blue Grosbeak
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
4Common Tern
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Brown Pelican
1Black Vulture
1Brown Thrasher
1Gray Catbird
1Blackpoll Warbler

May 9

1Spotted Sandpiper
1Northern Parula

May 8

1American Coot
1Swainson's Warbler
2Fish Crow
1Chimney Swift
1Semipalmated Plover
1Barred Owl
1Belted Kingfisher
1Downy Woodpecker
1American Crow

May 7

2Dunlin
1Roseate Spoonbill
1American Bittern
2Tricolored Heron
1Clapper Rail
3Gull-billed Tern
2Eastern Meadowlark