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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 Magnolia Gardens

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

May 17

4Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
4Mottled Duck
5Anhinga
1White Ibis
2Tricolored Heron
1Snowy Egret
4Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
2Turkey Vulture
1Mississippi Kite
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Great Crested Flycatcher
3White-eyed Vireo
2American Crow
9Carolina Chickadee
2Tufted Titmouse
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
3Carolina Wren
6Red-winged Blackbird
3Northern Parula
1Yellow-throated Warbler
6Northern Cardinal
1Painted Bunting
17Wood Duck
5Common Gallinule
1Black-crowned Night Heron
2Little Blue Heron
1Green Heron
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Eastern Bluebird
1Orchard Oriole
1Common Grackle

May 16

12Mallard
2Mourning Dove
1Chimney Swift
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
3Black-necked Stilt
4Killdeer
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Least Tern
1Caspian Tern
1Forster's Tern
1Pied-billed Grebe
1Wood Stork
1Least Bittern
2Yellow-crowned Night Heron
1Brown Pelican
1Osprey
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Downy Woodpecker
2Eastern Kingbird
1Yellow-throated Vireo
2Barn Swallow
2Brown-headed Cowbird
30Boat-tailed Grackle
3Prothonotary Warbler
1Common Yellowthroat
2Pine Warbler
2Summer Tanager

May 15

1Laughing Gull
2Roseate Spoonbill
1Merlin
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow

May 13

1Red-eyed Vireo
1Fish Crow
1Veery
1House Finch
1Blue Grosbeak
2Indigo Bunting
6Canada Goose
4Black Vulture
2Cooper's Hawk
1Blue Jay
4Brown-headed Nuthatch
2European Starling
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Acadian Flycatcher
1Northern Mockingbird
1American Robin
1Black-and-white Warbler
2Swainson's Warbler
1American Redstart