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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 1

1Glossy Ibis
4Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
2Canada Goose
37Wood Duck
2Mourning Dove
4Common Gallinule
2White Ibis
7Roseate Spoonbill
6Snowy Egret
2Green Heron
8Great Egret
6Great Blue Heron
6Turkey Vulture
1Mississippi Kite
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
2Great Crested Flycatcher
5White-eyed Vireo
4American Crow
2Fish Crow
3Carolina Chickadee
7Tufted Titmouse
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
5Carolina Wren
2Gray Catbird
2Eastern Bluebird
1American Robin
1Eastern Towhee
4Red-winged Blackbird
5Boat-tailed Grackle
5Prothonotary Warbler
4Common Yellowthroat
3Northern Parula
4Pine Warbler
2Summer Tanager
8Northern Cardinal
2Painted Bunting
3Chimney Swift
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
XAmerican Coot
1Purple Gallinule
3Black-necked Stilt
1Black-bellied Plover
2Killdeer
2Spotted Sandpiper
4Lesser Yellowlegs
2Greater Yellowlegs
2Least Sandpiper
7Laughing Gull
3Least Tern
3Forster's Tern
1Pied-billed Grebe
4Anhinga
2Black-crowned Night Heron
4Little Blue Heron
3Tricolored Heron
2Red-shouldered Hawk
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Belted Kingfisher
4Downy Woodpecker
5Eastern Kingbird
1Yellow-throated Vireo
4Red-eyed Vireo
2Barn Swallow
1House Finch
1American Goldfinch
1Seaside Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
6Brown-headed Cowbird
14Common Grackle
1Black-and-white Warbler
2Swainson's Warbler
1Northern Yellow Warbler
1Black-throated Blue Warbler
2Yellow-rumped Warbler
6Yellow-throated Warbler
2Blue Grosbeak
1Indigo Bunting
1Yellow-breasted Chat

April 29

1Northern Waterthrush
2Clapper Rail
1Solitary Sandpiper
2Yellow-crowned Night Heron
1Black Vulture
1Blue Jay
1European Starling
1Northern Mockingbird

April 28

1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Northern House Wren
2Mallard
1Sora
1Semipalmated Plover
3Double-crested Cormorant
1Barred Owl
22Tree Swallow
2Northern Rough-winged Swallow
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Marsh Wren
4Savannah Sparrow
1Worm-eating Warbler

April 25

1Pectoral Sandpiper
1Royal Tern
1Northern Harrier
1Bald Eagle
1Wilson's Snipe
1White-breasted Nuthatch
4Cedar Waxwing
1American Redstart