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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.

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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.

April 25

9Mourning Dove
2Common Nighthawk
1King Rail
5Common Gallinule
1American Coot
1Black-necked Stilt
1Greater Yellowlegs
4Least Tern
2Wood Stork
3Anhinga
2Great Blue Heron
1Turkey Vulture
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1Tufted Titmouse
2Tree Swallow
4Carolina Wren
1Brown Thrasher
1Northern Mockingbird
3Savannah Sparrow
29Bobolink
17Red-winged Blackbird
15Boat-tailed Grackle
10Northern Cardinal
1Indigo Bunting
3Painted Bunting
3Clapper Rail
2Purple Gallinule
3Killdeer
1Lesser Yellowlegs
16Laughing Gull
2Forster's Tern
2Glossy Ibis
1Black Vulture
1Red-tailed Hawk
3Black-and-white Warbler
1Common Yellowthroat
1Northern Parula
1Black-throated Blue Warbler
2Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
1Solitary Sandpiper
2Great Egret
1Osprey
1Mississippi Kite
1Belted Kingfisher
1Eastern Kingbird
2White-eyed Vireo
1Red-eyed Vireo
3Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Orchard Oriole
1Brown-headed Cowbird
1American Redstart
2Summer Tanager
2Blue Grosbeak

April 24

1Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron

April 23

1Snowy Egret
7Double-crested Cormorant
10Barn Swallow
4Cedar Waxwing
1White-crowned Sparrow
2Common Grackle
1Yellow-throated Warbler
1Spotted Sandpiper
2Least Sandpiper
1Pectoral Sandpiper
2Gull-billed Tern
1Fish Crow
1Blue-winged Teal
1Green Heron

April 22

1Blue Jay
2Gadwall
3Willet
1Sora
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Gray Catbird
1Carolina Chickadee
1American Robin
1Black-crowned Night Heron
2Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Bald Eagle
2Common Tern
1White-throated Sparrow
5Song Sparrow
3Northern Yellow Warbler
1Least Bittern
2Swamp Sparrow
1Prairie Warbler
2American Crow
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Marsh Wren
1Chipping Sparrow
2Eastern Towhee
2Eastern Meadowlark
2Mottled Duck
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Semipalmated Plover
1Wilson's Snipe
1Caspian Tern
36White Ibis
11American White Pelican
1Northern Harrier
3Purple Martin
1Worm-eating Warbler
1Swainson's Warbler
1Hooded Warbler

April 21

1White-faced Ibis
2Western Cattle-Egret
1Red-headed Woodpecker
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1House Finch
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Eastern Wood-Pewee

April 20

3Swallow-tailed Kite
2Bank Swallow
2Ring-necked Duck
1Pied-billed Grebe
1Royal Tern
1Downy Woodpecker
12Northern Rough-winged Swallow

April 19

2Eastern Bluebird
1Northern House Wren
1Baltimore Oriole