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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 2

2Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
12Wood Duck
4Mourning Dove
1Clapper Rail
2Common Gallinule
4Black-necked Stilt
3Spotted Sandpiper
1Solitary Sandpiper
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Greater Yellowlegs
4Laughing Gull
1Black Skimmer
12Anhinga
4Double-crested Cormorant
12White Ibis
12Glossy Ibis
1Roseate Spoonbill
1Least Bittern
1Black-crowned Night Heron
5Little Blue Heron
10Snowy Egret
2Green Heron
16Great Egret
8Great Blue Heron
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Pileated Woodpecker
2Great Crested Flycatcher
1Yellow-throated Vireo
2American Crow
4Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
24Tree Swallow
12Barn Swallow
12Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
6Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
1Eastern Bluebird
30Cedar Waxwing
30Red-winged Blackbird
10Common Grackle
12Boat-tailed Grackle
2Prothonotary Warbler
1Common Yellowthroat
4Northern Parula
2Pine Warbler
2Yellow-throated Warbler
2Summer Tanager
12Northern Cardinal
2Painted Bunting
1Mallard
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
2Black Vulture
1Turkey Vulture
1Mississippi Kite
2Downy Woodpecker
1White-eyed Vireo
2Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1Brown-headed Cowbird

May 1

2Canada Goose
2Fish Crow
1American Robin
1Eastern Towhee
3Chimney Swift
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
XAmerican Coot
1Purple Gallinule
1Black-bellied Plover
2Killdeer
2Least Sandpiper
3Least Tern
3Forster's Tern
1Pied-billed Grebe
3Tricolored Heron
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Belted Kingfisher
5Eastern Kingbird
4Red-eyed Vireo
1House Finch
1American Goldfinch
1Seaside Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
1Black-and-white Warbler
2Swainson's Warbler
1Northern Yellow Warbler
1Black-throated Blue Warbler
2Yellow-rumped Warbler
2Blue Grosbeak
1Indigo Bunting
1Yellow-breasted Chat

April 29

1Northern Waterthrush
1Blue Jay
1European Starling
1Northern Mockingbird

April 28

1Northern House Wren
1Sora
1Semipalmated Plover
1Barred Owl
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Marsh Wren
4Savannah Sparrow
1Worm-eating Warbler