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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.

March 2

3Mourning Dove
4Clapper Rail
3Common Gallinule
20American Coot
2Killdeer
1Bonaparte's Gull
8Laughing Gull
9Ring-billed Gull
1American Herring Gull
2Forster's Tern
1Royal Tern
5Pied-billed Grebe
3Anhinga
20Double-crested Cormorant
4White Ibis
1Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
15Snowy Egret
2Green Heron
5Great Egret
8Great Blue Heron
11Brown Pelican
4Black Vulture
10Turkey Vulture
1Northern Harrier
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
4Red-bellied Woodpecker
5Downy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
2Northern Flicker
1Eastern Phoebe
4White-eyed Vireo
1Blue-headed Vireo
5Blue Jay
15American Crow
6Carolina Chickadee
8Tufted Titmouse
6Ruby-crowned Kinglet
3Brown-headed Nuthatch
7Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
3Northern House Wren
8Carolina Wren
20European Starling
3Northern Mockingbird
13Eastern Bluebird
3Hermit Thrush
20American Robin
50Cedar Waxwing
1House Finch
2American Goldfinch
4Chipping Sparrow
6Dark-eyed Junco
8White-throated Sparrow
2Song Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
3Eastern Towhee
10Red-winged Blackbird
5Brown-headed Cowbird
2Common Grackle
12Boat-tailed Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat
3Palm Warbler
4Pine Warbler
50Yellow-rumped Warbler
5Yellow-throated Warbler
6Northern Cardinal

March 1

9Wood Duck
2Gadwall
1Mallard
1Bald Eagle
1Belted Kingfisher
13Fish Crow
35Tree Swallow
1Sedge Wren
1Marsh Wren
1Gray Catbird
1Brown Thrasher
15Rusty Blackbird

February 28

2Red-tailed Hawk