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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.

May 1

4Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
8Mourning Dove
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
8Common Nighthawk
1Clapper Rail
16Common Gallinule
2American Coot
6Purple Gallinule
2Killdeer
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Solitary Sandpiper
1Greater Yellowlegs
2Least Sandpiper
9Anhinga
1Least Bittern
1Black-crowned Night Heron
3Green Heron
2Great Egret
4Great Blue Heron
3Osprey
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Great Crested Flycatcher
3Blue Jay
2Barn Swallow
6Carolina Wren
4Northern Mockingbird
9Bobolink
1Orchard Oriole
35Red-winged Blackbird
1Brown-headed Cowbird
18Boat-tailed Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat
2Yellow-throated Warbler
9Northern Cardinal
1Blue Grosbeak
1Indigo Bunting
2Painted Bunting
2Snowy Egret
7Turkey Vulture
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Eastern Kingbird
1White-eyed Vireo
3American Crow
5Tufted Titmouse
1Northern Parula
1Mottled Duck
10Lesser Yellowlegs
1Double-crested Cormorant
9Glossy Ibis
1Carolina Chickadee
1Tree Swallow
1Savannah Sparrow
1Summer Tanager

April 30

2Gull-billed Tern
2Wood Stork
1Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
1Swallow-tailed Kite
1Northern Harrier
1Mississippi Kite
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Cedar Waxwing
4Common Grackle

April 29

1Bald Eagle
1Red-eyed Vireo
4Least Tern
2Fish Crow
1Gray Catbird

April 28

1Gray-headed Swamphen

April 27

1Marsh Wren
1Sora
2Eastern Bluebird
1Laughing Gull
2Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1Brown Thrasher
1House Finch
1Eastern Meadowlark
1Baltimore Oriole
1Prothonotary Warbler
4Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Black Vulture

April 25

2Black-necked Stilt
4Forster's Tern
1White-throated Sparrow
1Pectoral Sandpiper
1Northern House Wren