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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 13

2Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
5Common Gallinule
24Anhinga
12White Ibis
4Roseate Spoonbill
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
2Black-crowned Night Heron
10Little Blue Heron
10Snowy Egret
3Green Heron
16Great Egret
10Great Blue Heron
1Mississippi Kite
2Red-shouldered Hawk
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Downy Woodpecker
2Pileated Woodpecker
3Great Crested Flycatcher
6White-eyed Vireo
1Red-eyed Vireo
4American Crow
1Fish Crow
5Carolina Chickadee
6Tufted Titmouse
10Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
4Carolina Wren
1Veery
1House Finch
1Orchard Oriole
16Red-winged Blackbird
14Common Grackle
3Prothonotary Warbler
9Common Yellowthroat
12Northern Parula
2Pine Warbler
2Yellow-throated Warbler
1Summer Tanager
4Northern Cardinal
1Blue Grosbeak
2Indigo Bunting
2Painted Bunting
8Wood Duck
3Mourning Dove
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Chimney Swift
1Laughing Gull
2Tricolored Heron
1Black Vulture
3Turkey Vulture
1Acadian Flycatcher
1Northern Mockingbird
3Eastern Bluebird
1American Robin
4Brown-headed Cowbird
1Black-and-white Warbler
2Swainson's Warbler
1American Redstart

May 12

1Killdeer

May 11

1Least Bittern
5Boat-tailed Grackle
1American Coot
4Black-necked Stilt
3Least Tern
1Forster's Tern
1Double-crested Cormorant

May 10

XCanada Goose
XRoyal Tern
XWood Stork
XWestern Cattle-Egret
XBrown Pelican
XYellow-throated Vireo
XBlue Jay
XEuropean Starling

May 9

1Barred Owl
1Gray Catbird

May 8

1Spotted Sandpiper
12Solitary Sandpiper
1Lesser Yellowlegs
2Willet
1Least Sandpiper
2Black Skimmer
1Pied-billed Grebe
1Osprey
4Eastern Kingbird
11Cedar Waxwing
1Savannah Sparrow
1Northern Yellow Warbler
1Sandwich Tern
4Barn Swallow
2Brown-headed Nuthatch
2American Goldfinch
1Hooded Warbler
1Prairie Warbler
1Scarlet Tanager
2Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2Swallow-tailed Kite
2Bald Eagle

May 7

10Mallard
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
2Caspian Tern
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
1Brown Thrasher