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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.

November 12

2Bufflehead ✓
1Royal Tern ✓
3Anhinga ✓
9Snowy Egret ✓
4Great Egret ✓
3Great Blue Heron ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
1Northern Harrier ✓
2Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
6Savannah Sparrow ✓
2Red-winged Blackbird ✓
25Common Grackle ✓
1Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
50American Coot ✓
26Double-crested Cormorant ✓
1Little Blue Heron ✓
1Tricolored Heron ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
2Eastern Phoebe ✓
3Tree Swallow ✓
1Swamp Sparrow ✓
2Blue-winged Teal ✓
1Mallard ✓
4Common Gallinule ✓
2Forster's Tern ✓
3Pied-billed Grebe ✓
1White Ibis ✓
1Glossy Ibis ✓
1Western Cattle-Egret ✓
4Northern Mockingbird ✓
1Vesper Sparrow ✓

November 11

2Mourning Dove ✓
2Killdeer ✓
2Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
3Blue Jay ✓
2Carolina Chickadee ✓
1Tufted Titmouse ✓
5Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
3Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
3Northern House Wren ✓
3Sedge Wren ✓
4Carolina Wren ✓
6Gray Catbird ✓
3Chipping Sparrow ✓
2White-crowned Sparrow ✓
1White-throated Sparrow ✓
22Song Sparrow ✓
2Eastern Towhee ✓
1Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
2Orange-crowned Warbler ✓
3Common Yellowthroat ✓
1American Redstart ✓
2Palm Warbler ✓
3Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
25Northern Cardinal ✓

November 10

4Black Vulture ✓
1Bald Eagle ✓
2American Crow ✓
2Eastern Marsh Wren ✓
3Dark-eyed Junco ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
1Eastern Meadowlark ✓
1Black-and-white Warbler ✓
3Sora ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1Northern Parula
1American Bittern ✓
1Hermit Thrush ✓
32Green-winged Teal ✓
3Ring-billed Gull ✓
1Sharp-shinned Hawk ✓

November 9

1Canada Goose ✓
7Wood Duck ✓
1Wilson's Snipe ✓
1Merlin ✓
1Loggerhead Shrike ✓
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
2American Robin ✓
3American Goldfinch ✓

November 8

1Clapper Rail ✓
1Great Horned Owl ✓
1Blue-headed Vireo ✓
5Laughing Gull ✓
6Wood Stork ✓
6Brown Pelican ✓
3Osprey ✓
1Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
13European Starling ✓
2Eastern Bluebird ✓
3House Finch ✓
1King Rail
1Caspian Tern ✓
2Fish Crow ✓
1Northern Waterthrush ✓
50Ring-necked Duck ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Purple Gallinule ✓
1Northern Shoveler ✓
2Northern Pintail ✓
1American White Pelican ✓
1Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
1Barred Owl ✓

November 7

6Black-bellied Whistling-Duck ✓
1American Herring Gull ✓

November 6

1American Kestrel ✓