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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.

November 8

3Common Gallinule ✓
1White Ibis ✓
2Little Blue Heron ✓
4Turkey Vulture ✓
2Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
10Carolina Chickadee ✓
20Carolina Wren ✓
1American Goldfinch ✓
2Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
5Northern Cardinal ✓
2Bald Eagle ✓
4Blue-winged Teal ✓
1Mallard ✓
1Mourning Dove ✓
31American Coot ✓
19Pied-billed Grebe ✓
4Anhinga ✓
1Tricolored Heron ✓
5Snowy Egret ✓
1Green Heron ✓
3Great Egret ✓
4Great Blue Heron ✓
1Osprey ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Northern Harrier ✓
2Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
5Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
1Merlin ✓
8Eastern Phoebe ✓
115Fish Crow ✓
4Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
2Northern Mockingbird ✓
1Eastern Bluebird ✓
1Savannah Sparrow ✓
6Song Sparrow ✓
14Swamp Sparrow ✓
1Eastern Meadowlark ✓
3Red-winged Blackbird ✓
1Rusty Blackbird ✓
10Common Grackle ✓
3Boat-tailed Grackle ✓

November 7

6Black-bellied Whistling-Duck ✓
1Killdeer ✓
1Wilson's Snipe ✓
1Spotted Sandpiper ✓
45Ring-billed Gull ✓
1Black Vulture ✓
1White-eyed Vireo ✓
1Blue Jay ✓
2American Crow ✓
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
5European Starling ✓
5American Robin ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓

November 3

6Wood Duck ✓
1Greater Yellowlegs ✓
1Barred Owl ✓
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
1Peregrine Falcon ✓
1Sedge Wren ✓
1White-crowned Sparrow ✓
1White-throated Sparrow ✓