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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 29

12Wood Duck
3Common Gallinule
4Anhinga
10White Ibis
1Roseate Spoonbill
4Little Blue Heron
XSnowy Egret
2Green Heron
XGreat Egret
3Great Blue Heron
5Turkey Vulture
1Downy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
1White-eyed Vireo
4Tufted Titmouse
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
4Carolina Wren
1Eastern Bluebird
5Red-winged Blackbird
20Common Grackle
1Northern Waterthrush
4Common Yellowthroat
3Yellow-throated Warbler
2Northern Cardinal
3Mourning Dove
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2Clapper Rail
1Black-necked Stilt
2Killdeer
1Solitary Sandpiper
2Laughing Gull
4Least Tern
1Pied-billed Grebe
2Yellow-crowned Night Heron
1Black-crowned Night Heron
2Tricolored Heron
1Black Vulture
1Mississippi Kite
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Red-eyed Vireo
1Blue Jay
3American Crow
2Fish Crow
7Carolina Chickadee
1European Starling
2Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
1House Finch
4Boat-tailed Grackle
1Prothonotary Warbler
5Northern Parula
1Pine Warbler
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
3Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
1Great Crested Flycatcher
2Swainson's Warbler
2Blue Grosbeak

April 28

1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Northern House Wren
1Summer Tanager
2Mallard
2Chimney Swift
1Sora
XAmerican Coot
1Semipalmated Plover
3Spotted Sandpiper
6Lesser Yellowlegs
2Greater Yellowlegs
2Least Sandpiper
4Forster's Tern
3Double-crested Cormorant
2Red-shouldered Hawk
1Barred Owl
1Belted Kingfisher
5Eastern Kingbird
5Yellow-throated Vireo
22Tree Swallow
2Northern Rough-winged Swallow
10Barn Swallow
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Marsh Wren
4Savannah Sparrow
2Swamp Sparrow
6Brown-headed Cowbird
1Worm-eating Warbler
1Indigo Bunting
5Painted Bunting

April 27

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

April 26

6Canada Goose

April 25

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

April 24

1Least Bittern
2Wood Stork
1White-throated Sparrow