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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 4

1American Coot
1Tricolored Heron
1Bald Eagle
1Mississippi Kite
1Wood Duck
1Common Gallinule
1Solitary Sandpiper
2Anhinga
1White Ibis
3Roseate Spoonbill
2Snowy Egret
1Green Heron
1Great Blue Heron
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Acadian Flycatcher
1White-eyed Vireo
1Red-eyed Vireo
1Fish Crow
1Eastern Bluebird
1Prothonotary Warbler
1Pine Warbler
2Painted Bunting
2Mourning Dove
1Purple Gallinule
3Laughing Gull
3Least Tern
3Wood Stork
2Black-crowned Night Heron
4Little Blue Heron
13Great Egret
4Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
2Red-shouldered Hawk
1American Crow
6Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
3Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Carolina Wren
7Red-winged Blackbird
1Brown-headed Cowbird
8Common Grackle
1Boat-tailed Grackle
2Northern Parula
1Black-throated Blue Warbler
8Northern Cardinal

May 3

1Glossy Ibis
1Swamp Sparrow
2Common Yellowthroat
1Indigo Bunting
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2Pied-billed Grebe
1Least Bittern
1Red-headed Woodpecker
1Savannah Sparrow
1Swainson's Warbler
1Yellow-throated Warbler
1Western Cattle-Egret
1Downy Woodpecker
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
1American Goldfinch
5Barn Swallow
1Northern Yellow Warbler
8Black-necked Stilt
1Killdeer
5Spotted Sandpiper
9Semipalmated Sandpiper
4Forster's Tern
1Royal Tern
3Double-crested Cormorant
1Barred Owl
30Tree Swallow
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Cape May Warbler
3Summer Tanager

May 2

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

May 1

2Canada Goose
1American Robin
1Eastern Towhee
3Chimney Swift
1Black-bellied Plover
2Least Sandpiper
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Belted Kingfisher
5Eastern Kingbird
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