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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.

January 17

6Blue-winged Teal
1Hooded Merganser
3Mourning Dove
2Clapper Rail
3Common Gallinule
22American Coot
8Killdeer
1Greater Yellowlegs
4Ring-billed Gull
1Pied-billed Grebe
1Wood Stork
1Anhinga
7Double-crested Cormorant
13White Ibis
8Little Blue Heron
4Tricolored Heron
7Snowy Egret
2Green Heron
10Great Egret
3Great Blue Heron
1Brown Pelican
3Black Vulture
9Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1Bald Eagle
1Red-shouldered Hawk
2Barred Owl
1Belted Kingfisher
2Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
2Pileated Woodpecker
2Northern Flicker
1Eastern Phoebe
6American Crow
5Carolina Chickadee
4Tufted Titmouse
20Tree Swallow
3Ruby-crowned Kinglet
3Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Northern House Wren
1Sedge Wren
2Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
2Hermit Thrush
32American Robin
13Cedar Waxwing
5American Goldfinch
1Chipping Sparrow
2White-throated Sparrow
2Song Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
3Red-winged Blackbird
4Boat-tailed Grackle
1Palm Warbler
6Pine Warbler
6Yellow-rumped Warbler
3Northern Cardinal

January 16

1Forster's Tern
6Green-winged Teal
4Wilson's Snipe
4Least Sandpiper
1Red-tailed Hawk
1White-eyed Vireo
2Blue-headed Vireo
2Fish Crow
2Golden-crowned Kinglet
1White-breasted Nuthatch
2Marsh Wren
2Gray Catbird
4Eastern Bluebird
1Wood Thrush
2House Finch
2Purple Finch
1Savannah Sparrow
2Rusty Blackbird
1Orange-crowned Warbler
1Common Yellowthroat

January 14

3Mallard
1Sora
2Laughing Gull
1Sharp-shinned Hawk
4Blue Jay
1Eastern Towhee
5Common Grackle

January 12

3Wood Duck