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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 16

4Wood Duck
12Mallard
2Mourning Dove
1Chimney Swift
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
11Common Gallinule
3Black-necked Stilt
4Killdeer
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Least Tern
1Caspian Tern
1Forster's Tern
1Pied-billed Grebe
1Wood Stork
20Anhinga
2White Ibis
1Least Bittern
2Yellow-crowned Night Heron
1Black-crowned Night Heron
5Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
3Snowy Egret
2Green Heron
30Great Egret
7Great Blue Heron
1Brown Pelican
1Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1Red-shouldered Hawk
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
2Great Crested Flycatcher
2Eastern Kingbird
2White-eyed Vireo
1Yellow-throated Vireo
2American Crow
5Carolina Chickadee
4Tufted Titmouse
2Barn Swallow
4Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
3Carolina Wren
4Eastern Bluebird
20Red-winged Blackbird
2Brown-headed Cowbird
5Common Grackle
30Boat-tailed Grackle
3Prothonotary Warbler
1Common Yellowthroat
5Northern Parula
2Pine Warbler
2Yellow-throated Warbler
2Summer Tanager
5Northern Cardinal
3Painted Bunting

May 15

4Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
1Laughing Gull
2Roseate Spoonbill
2Mississippi Kite
1Merlin
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1Orchard Oriole

May 13

2Pileated Woodpecker
1Red-eyed Vireo
1Fish Crow
1Veery
1House Finch
1Blue Grosbeak
2Indigo Bunting
6Canada Goose
4Black Vulture
2Cooper's Hawk
1Blue Jay
4Brown-headed Nuthatch
2European Starling
1Kentucky Warbler
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Acadian Flycatcher
1Northern Mockingbird
1American Robin
1Black-and-white Warbler
2Swainson's Warbler
1American Redstart

May 11

1American Coot
1Double-crested Cormorant

May 10

XRoyal Tern
XWestern Cattle-Egret