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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.

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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.

August 27

1Wood Duck
3Mourning Dove
4Common Gallinule
5Purple Gallinule
1Pectoral Sandpiper
1Gull-billed Tern
9Anhinga
2Double-crested Cormorant
1Tricolored Heron
1Snowy Egret
3Green Heron
32Western Cattle-Egret
1Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
3Black Vulture
4Turkey Vulture
2Swallow-tailed Kite
1Mississippi Kite
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Belted Kingfisher
6Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
4Great Crested Flycatcher
1Eastern Kingbird
5Red-eyed Vireo
1Blue Jay
1Carolina Chickadee
9Barn Swallow
4Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
3Carolina Wren
3Brown Thrasher
5Northern Mockingbird
16Red-winged Blackbird
4Northern Waterthrush
1Hooded Warbler
2American Redstart
2Northern Yellow Warbler
2Prairie Warbler
8Northern Cardinal

August 26

1White-eyed Vireo
3Tufted Titmouse
1Gray Catbird
1Black-and-white Warbler
2Common Yellowthroat

August 25

1King Rail
1Prothonotary Warbler
2Blue Grosbeak

August 24

1Clapper Rail
1Solitary Sandpiper
1Osprey
1American Crow
1Tree Swallow
1Yellow-throated Warbler
2Indigo Bunting
3Painted Bunting
1Royal Tern
1Red-tailed Hawk

August 23

1Spotted Sandpiper
1Loggerhead Shrike
1American Robin
2Bobolink
2Boat-tailed Grackle

August 22

1Killdeer
1American Bittern
1Least Bittern
1Little Blue Heron
1Cooper's Hawk
1Orchard Oriole
1Northern Parula
1White Ibis
4Laughing Gull
4Forster's Tern
2Pileated Woodpecker
1Bachman's Sparrow
1Yellow-breasted Chat
1Eastern Meadowlark
XCommon Grackle
1Summer Tanager