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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.

May 6

1Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
5Wood Duck
1Anhinga
8Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
2Laughing Gull
3Little Blue Heron
2Turkey Vulture
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
3White-eyed Vireo
1American Crow
2Carolina Chickadee
6Tufted Titmouse
4Tree Swallow
2Barn Swallow
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
5Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
2House Finch
3Red-winged Blackbird
1Yellow-throated Warbler
7Northern Cardinal
1Painted Bunting
1Mourning Dove
11White Ibis
1Roseate Spoonbill
1Black-crowned Night Heron
6Snowy Egret
2Mississippi Kite
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Downy Woodpecker
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1Red-eyed Vireo
1Fish Crow
2White-breasted Nuthatch
5Common Grackle
3Common Yellowthroat
2Northern Parula
2Pine Warbler

May 5

1American Wigeon
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
2Clapper Rail
7Common Gallinule
7Black-necked Stilt
2Killdeer
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Lesser Yellowlegs
4Least Sandpiper
2Least Tern
2Forster's Tern
2Pied-billed Grebe
1Wood Stork
4Double-crested Cormorant
2Least Bittern
3Tricolored Heron
3Green Heron
2Pileated Woodpecker
1Acadian Flycatcher
1Eastern Kingbird
1Eastern Bluebird
1Brown-headed Cowbird
7Boat-tailed Grackle
3Prothonotary Warbler
1Northern Yellow Warbler
2Summer Tanager
2Blue Grosbeak
1Indigo Bunting

May 4

1American Coot
1Bald Eagle
1Solitary Sandpiper
1Purple Gallinule
1Osprey
1Black-throated Blue Warbler

May 3

1Glossy Ibis
1Swamp Sparrow
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Red-headed Woodpecker
1Savannah Sparrow
1Swainson's Warbler
1Western Cattle-Egret
1Gray Catbird
1American Goldfinch
9Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Royal Tern
1Barred Owl
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Cape May Warbler

May 2

1Greater Yellowlegs
1Black Skimmer
1Yellow-throated Vireo
30Cedar Waxwing
1Mallard
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
2Black Vulture
2Northern Rough-winged Swallow

May 1

2Canada Goose
1American Robin
1Eastern Towhee
3Chimney Swift
1Black-bellied Plover
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Belted Kingfisher
1Seaside Sparrow
2Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Yellow-breasted Chat