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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.

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Recent reports from Magnolia Gardens

Only the most recent report per species is shown. Some reports may be pending verification.

April 28

2Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
24Wood Duck
1Mourning Dove
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
4Common Gallinule
20Anhinga
14White Ibis
4Roseate Spoonbill
2Black-crowned Night Heron
12Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
10Snowy Egret
2Green Heron
30Great Egret
10Great Blue Heron
1Mississippi Kite
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Downy Woodpecker
2Pileated Woodpecker
3Great Crested Flycatcher
5White-eyed Vireo
2American Crow
4Carolina Chickadee
5Tufted Titmouse
5Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Northern House Wren
3Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
12Red-winged Blackbird
10Common Grackle
5Prothonotary Warbler
1Swainson's Warbler
4Common Yellowthroat
9Northern Parula
1Pine Warbler
1Yellow-throated Warbler
1Summer Tanager
5Northern Cardinal
2Mallard
2Chimney Swift
1Sora
XAmerican Coot
3Black-necked Stilt
2Killdeer
1Semipalmated Plover
3Spotted Sandpiper
6Lesser Yellowlegs
2Greater Yellowlegs
2Least Sandpiper
6Laughing Gull
2Least Tern
4Forster's Tern
3Double-crested Cormorant
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
2Turkey Vulture
2Red-shouldered Hawk
1Barred Owl
1Belted Kingfisher
5Eastern Kingbird
5Yellow-throated Vireo
4Red-eyed Vireo
2Blue Jay
2Fish Crow
22Tree Swallow
2Northern Rough-winged Swallow
10Barn Swallow
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Marsh Wren
4Savannah Sparrow
2Swamp Sparrow
6Brown-headed Cowbird
XBoat-tailed Grackle
1Worm-eating Warbler
2Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Blue Grosbeak
1Indigo Bunting
5Painted Bunting

April 27

1Purple Gallinule
2American Robin
1Black-and-white Warbler

April 26

6Canada Goose
1Black Vulture

April 25

1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Clapper Rail
3Solitary Sandpiper
1Pectoral Sandpiper
1Royal Tern
2Pied-billed Grebe
1Northern Harrier
1Bald Eagle
2House Finch
1Wilson's Snipe
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Northern Mockingbird
2Eastern Bluebird
4Cedar Waxwing
1American Redstart
1Black-throated Blue Warbler

April 24

1Least Bittern
2Wood Stork
1White-throated Sparrow

April 23

1Northern Waterthrush
2Osprey
1Baltimore Oriole
1Ovenbird

April 22

1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Red-headed Woodpecker
1Western Cattle-Egret