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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.

April 27

23Wood Duck
13Mallard
6Mourning Dove
2Yellow-billed Cuckoo
3Common Gallinule
1Purple Gallinule
1Laughing Gull
30Anhinga
2Roseate Spoonbill
5Black-crowned Night Heron
1Little Blue Heron
2Green Heron
25Great Egret
6Great Blue Heron
1Turkey Vulture
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
3Pileated Woodpecker
1Great Crested Flycatcher
6White-eyed Vireo
2Red-eyed Vireo
1Blue Jay
3American Crow
8Carolina Chickadee
3Tufted Titmouse
5Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
12Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
2American Robin
35Red-winged Blackbird
30Common Grackle
1Black-and-white Warbler
9Prothonotary Warbler
3Swainson's Warbler
6Common Yellowthroat
8Northern Parula
1Pine Warbler
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
4Yellow-throated Warbler
1Summer Tanager
17Northern Cardinal

April 26

2Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
6Canada Goose
7White Ibis
1Black Vulture
1Mississippi Kite
4Boat-tailed Grackle
3Tricolored Heron
XSnowy Egret
2Yellow-crowned Night Heron
1Red-shouldered Hawk
2Brown-headed Cowbird

April 25

1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Clapper Rail
1Sora
6Black-necked Stilt
4Killdeer
2Spotted Sandpiper
3Solitary Sandpiper
10Lesser Yellowlegs
1Pectoral Sandpiper
15Least Tern
1Royal Tern
2Pied-billed Grebe
3Double-crested Cormorant
1Northern Harrier
1Bald Eagle
1Belted Kingfisher
2Fish Crow
2House Finch
2Savannah Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
3Painted Bunting
XAmerican Coot
1Wilson's Snipe
1Greater Yellowlegs
2Yellow-throated Vireo
1Tree Swallow
3Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Northern Mockingbird
2Eastern Bluebird
4Cedar Waxwing
1American Redstart
1Black-throated Blue Warbler
2Blue Grosbeak
1Indigo Bunting

April 24

1Least Bittern
1Marsh Wren
1Forster's Tern
2Wood Stork
1White-throated Sparrow

April 23

1Northern Waterthrush
2Osprey
1Baltimore Oriole
1Ovenbird

April 22

2Northern Rough-winged Swallow
6Barn Swallow
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Red-headed Woodpecker
1Western Cattle-Egret

April 21

3Chimney Swift
1Least Sandpiper
1Glossy Ibis
1Barred Owl
3Purple Martin
1Eastern Kingbird
1Blue-headed Vireo
1Northern House Wren
1Sedge Wren
1Brown Thrasher
1Chipping Sparrow
2Song Sparrow
1Worm-eating Warbler
1Scarlet Tanager