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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 3

22Wood Duck
2Common Gallinule
2Solitary Sandpiper
5Anhinga
12White Ibis
1Glossy Ibis
3Roseate Spoonbill
1Black-crowned Night Heron
3Little Blue Heron
4Snowy Egret
1Green Heron
25Great Egret
1Turkey Vulture
2Mississippi Kite
1Red-shouldered Hawk
2White-eyed Vireo
1Carolina Chickadee
3Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
3Carolina Wren
1Swamp Sparrow
6Red-winged Blackbird
2Boat-tailed Grackle
1Prothonotary Warbler
2Common Yellowthroat
4Northern Parula
3Northern Cardinal
1Indigo Bunting
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1American Coot
3Laughing Gull
12Least Tern
2Pied-billed Grebe
1Least Bittern
1Tricolored Heron
1Great Blue Heron
1Osprey
1Red-headed Woodpecker
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
7Tufted Titmouse
1Eastern Bluebird
1Savannah Sparrow
1Swainson's Warbler
1Pine Warbler
1Yellow-throated Warbler
5Painted Bunting
1Western Cattle-Egret
1Bald Eagle
1Downy Woodpecker
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
1American Goldfinch
1Mourning Dove
5Barn Swallow
1Northern Yellow Warbler
8Black-necked Stilt
1Killdeer
5Spotted Sandpiper
9Semipalmated Sandpiper
4Forster's Tern
1Royal Tern
3Double-crested Cormorant
1Barred Owl
5American Crow
30Tree Swallow
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Cape May Warbler
1Black-throated Blue Warbler
3Summer Tanager

May 2

2Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
1Clapper Rail
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Greater Yellowlegs
1Black Skimmer
2Pileated Woodpecker
1Yellow-throated Vireo
30Cedar Waxwing
10Common Grackle
1Mallard
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
2Black Vulture
2Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1Brown-headed Cowbird

May 1

2Canada Goose
2Fish Crow
1American Robin
1Eastern Towhee
3Chimney Swift
1Purple Gallinule
1Black-bellied Plover
2Least Sandpiper
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Belted Kingfisher
5Eastern Kingbird
4Red-eyed Vireo
1House Finch
1Seaside Sparrow
2Yellow-rumped Warbler
2Blue Grosbeak
1Yellow-breasted Chat

April 29

1Northern Waterthrush
1Blue Jay
1European Starling

April 28

1Northern House Wren
1Sora
1Semipalmated Plover
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Marsh Wren
1Worm-eating Warbler