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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 10

4Wood Duck
1Mottled Duck
4Mourning Dove
1Clapper Rail
2Common Gallinule
7Purple Gallinule
5Least Tern
1Wood Stork
23Anhinga
2Least Bittern
6Little Blue Heron
1Snowy Egret
36Western Cattle-Egret
1Great Egret
4Great Blue Heron
3Red-bellied Woodpecker
5Great Crested Flycatcher
1Blue Jay
2Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
6Barn Swallow
4Cliff Swallow
3Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
8Carolina Wren
2Brown Thrasher
3Northern Mockingbird
68Red-winged Blackbird
1Brown-headed Cowbird
1Common Grackle
5Boat-tailed Grackle
4Common Yellowthroat
1Northern Parula
10Northern Cardinal
2Blue Grosbeak
6Indigo Bunting
1Painted Bunting

July 9

2Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Common Nighthawk
1Double-crested Cormorant
4Green Heron
4Bank Swallow
1Marsh Wren
1Chipping Sparrow

July 6

1Turkey Vulture
1Killdeer
8Laughing Gull
13Glossy Ibis
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Osprey
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Downy Woodpecker
2Eastern Kingbird
4Purple Martin
1Eastern Bluebird
1Orchard Oriole
1Prothonotary Warbler
1White Ibis
1White-eyed Vireo