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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 Plantation & Gardens

Only the most recent report per species is shown. Some reports may be pending verification.

April 16

20Wood Duck
4Mourning Dove
1Clapper Rail
9Common Gallinule
8American Coot
3Black-necked Stilt
1Black-bellied Plover
4Killdeer
1Wilson's Snipe
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Greater Yellowlegs
3Least Sandpiper
16Least Tern
1Caspian Tern
3Royal Tern
1Pied-billed Grebe
10Anhinga
4Double-crested Cormorant
3White Ibis
1Glossy Ibis
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
1Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
2Snowy Egret
2Green Heron
5Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
7Black Vulture
9Turkey Vulture
1Northern Harrier
1Red-shouldered Hawk
4Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Downy Woodpecker
1Great Crested Flycatcher
4White-eyed Vireo
1Yellow-throated Vireo
1Red-eyed Vireo
1Loggerhead Shrike
2American Crow
3Fish Crow
4Carolina Chickadee
8Tufted Titmouse
24Tree Swallow
13Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Sedge Wren
1Marsh Wren
7Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
1Eastern Bluebird
9Cedar Waxwing
5White-throated Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
26Red-winged Blackbird
1Brown-headed Cowbird
1Rusty Blackbird
1Common Grackle
11Boat-tailed Grackle
1Black-and-white Warbler
2Prothonotary Warbler
1American Redstart
8Northern Parula
6Pine Warbler
3Yellow-throated Warbler
10Northern Cardinal
1Painted Bunting
8Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
3Mallard
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Roseate Spoonbill
14Black-crowned Night Heron
1Barred Owl
2Pileated Woodpecker
1Gray Catbird
1Eastern Towhee
5Common Yellowthroat
1Yellow-rumped Warbler

April 14

1Canada Goose

April 13

1Chimney Swift
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
5Laughing Gull
1Forster's Tern
2Brown Pelican
1Osprey
2Blue-headed Vireo
3Blue Jay
XRuby-crowned Kinglet
2Hermit Thrush
1American Robin
3Swainson's Warbler
1Prairie Warbler
1Summer Tanager

April 12

1Nashville Warbler