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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.

June 16

8Mourning Dove
5Common Gallinule
5Purple Gallinule
3Killdeer
12Anhinga
1Little Blue Heron
3Snowy Egret
30Western Cattle-Egret
3Great Egret
5Great Blue Heron
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1Eastern Kingbird
1Blue Jay
1Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
6Carolina Wren
2Northern Mockingbird
4Orchard Oriole
75Red-winged Blackbird
10Boat-tailed Grackle
2Common Yellowthroat
11Northern Cardinal
2Indigo Bunting
1Painted Bunting
3Yellow-billed Cuckoo
2Common Nighthawk
2Black-necked Stilt
7Least Tern
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Least Bittern
3Green Heron
1Turkey Vulture
1Swallow-tailed Kite
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Fish Crow
3Barn Swallow
2Brown Thrasher
3Common Grackle

June 15

2Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
1Tricolored Heron
2Mississippi Kite
1Osprey
1Downy Woodpecker
1White-eyed Vireo
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Eastern Bluebird
1House Finch
1Eastern Towhee
1Pine Warbler
1Blue Grosbeak

June 14

1Clapper Rail
1Royal Tern
1Pied-billed Grebe
1Baltimore Oriole
1Brown-headed Cowbird
1Wood Stork
1Cooper's Hawk
1Purple Martin
2Black Vulture
1Red-tailed Hawk
3Mottled Duck
1Sora
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1Cliff Swallow
1Northern Parula
1Yellow-throated Warbler
1Laughing Gull
2Tree Swallow
2White Ibis
1Canada Goose
3Wood Duck
6American Crow
1American Robin

June 13

1Spotted Sandpiper
1Pileated Woodpecker
2Glossy Ibis

June 12

1Chipping Sparrow
2Gull-billed Tern

June 10

1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
1Forster's Tern
2Black-crowned Night Heron