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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 Santee Coastal Reserve (fall and winter restricted access)

Only the most recent report per species is shown. Some reports may be pending verification.

April 24

6Wood Duck
4Black-necked Stilt
1Short-billed Dowitcher
2Solitary Sandpiper
5Greater Yellowlegs
2Forster's Tern
3Anhinga
3Brown Pelican
3Tricolored Heron
2Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
2Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1Bald Eagle
5Great Crested Flycatcher
2Blue Jay
1Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
3Purple Martin
2Carolina Wren
3Savannah Sparrow
12Red-winged Blackbird
6Brown-headed Cowbird
1Boat-tailed Grackle
1Northern Parula
2Yellow-throated Warbler
3Northern Cardinal
1Eastern Wood-Pewee

April 23

6Blue-winged Teal
1Wild Turkey
2Mourning Dove
1Chuck-will's-widow
5Common Gallinule
2Spotted Sandpiper
4Lesser Yellowlegs
4Pectoral Sandpiper
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
40Laughing Gull
20Royal Tern
8Double-crested Cormorant
1Least Bittern
5Little Blue Heron
7Snowy Egret
4Glossy Ibis
1Black Vulture
1Belted Kingfisher
4Red-headed Woodpecker
2Red-cockaded Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
3White-eyed Vireo
1Fish Crow
75Tree Swallow
15Barn Swallow
1White-breasted Nuthatch
3Brown-headed Nuthatch
3Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
3Chipping Sparrow
2Eastern Towhee
7Pine Warbler
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Prairie Warbler
6Summer Tanager
4Blue Grosbeak

April 22

3Mottled Duck
2Clapper Rail
4American Coot
2Killdeer
5Long-billed Dowitcher
2Wood Stork
1Cooper's Hawk
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Red-eyed Vireo
2American Crow
1Northern Mockingbird
2Eastern Bluebird
1American Robin
1Prothonotary Warbler
1Common Yellowthroat
1Painted Bunting

April 21

1Chimney Swift
1Green Heron
2Barn Owl
3Eastern Kingbird
1Yellow-throated Vireo
1Brown Thrasher
1Common Grackle
1Pied-billed Grebe
2Downy Woodpecker
2Bank Swallow
1Gray Catbird
4Orchard Oriole
2Indigo Bunting

April 20

2American Black Duck
2Wilson's Snipe
2Willet
25Sanderling
10Dunlin
115Least Sandpiper
2Least Tern
1White Ibis
1White-throated Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
4Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1Marsh Wren
3Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
6Semipalmated Plover
1Hooded Warbler
1Red-shouldered Hawk
2House Wren
1Sedge Wren
2Bachman's Sparrow

April 19

1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2American Avocet
1Acadian Flycatcher