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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 17

11Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
28Blue-winged Teal
1Pied-billed Grebe
8Mourning Dove
7Common Nighthawk
1Clapper Rail
9Common Gallinule
6American Coot
3Black-necked Stilt
1Killdeer
1Wilson's Snipe
5Lesser Yellowlegs
12Greater Yellowlegs
5Least Tern
3Wood Stork
1Anhinga
1American Bittern
7Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
14Snowy Egret
1Green Heron
17Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
8White Ibis
45Glossy Ibis
2Bald Eagle
1Great Horned Owl
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1American Crow
45Tree Swallow
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
4Marsh Wren
1European Starling
3Northern Mockingbird
3Savannah Sparrow
2Swamp Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
45Red-winged Blackbird
25Boat-tailed Grackle
3Common Yellowthroat
4Northern Cardinal
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Western Cattle Egret
2Turkey Vulture
3Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
3Carolina Wren
2Gray Catbird
2Brown Thrasher
2White-throated Sparrow
60Bobolink
3Yellow-rumped Warbler
2Yellow-throated Warbler
1Indigo Bunting
1Sora
2Forster's Tern
1Least Bittern
2Black Vulture
1Osprey
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Eastern Kingbird
1Red-eyed Vireo
1Blue Jay
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
30Cedar Waxwing
3Orchard Oriole
2Common Grackle
1Prairie Warbler
1Painted Bunting

April 16

1Swallow-tailed Kite
2White-eyed Vireo
3Royal Tern

April 14

2Common Tern
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
3Solitary Sandpiper
2Laughing Gull
1Northern Harrier
1Red-headed Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Northern Flicker
1Loggerhead Shrike
1Fish Crow
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1Eastern Bluebird
1American Robin
1House Sparrow
1House Finch
1Chipping Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
1Baltimore Oriole
1Northern Parula
1Palm Warbler
1Pine Warbler
1Blue-headed Vireo
4Barn Swallow
4Eastern Meadowlark

April 13

2Northern Shoveler
2Purple Gallinule
1Mottled Duck

April 12

2House Wren
1Cooper's Hawk
1Belted Kingfisher
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Brown-headed Cowbird