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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 18

6Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
2Wood Duck
2Mourning Dove
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
10Common Gallinule
3Black-necked Stilt
2Killdeer
1Spotted Sandpiper
5Lesser Yellowlegs
7Greater Yellowlegs
2Least Sandpiper
4Laughing Gull
6Least Tern
1Forster's Tern
4Pied-billed Grebe
6Anhinga
7Double-crested Cormorant
2White Ibis
3Roseate Spoonbill
1Little Blue Heron
3Tricolored Heron
4Snowy Egret
7Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
1Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1Barred Owl
3Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
2Pileated Woodpecker
2Great Crested Flycatcher
5White-eyed Vireo
2Yellow-throated Vireo
4American Crow
1Fish Crow
1Carolina Chickadee
2Tufted Titmouse
2Brown-headed Nuthatch
3Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Marsh Wren
4Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
1Eastern Bluebird
50Red-winged Blackbird
2Brown-headed Cowbird
15Boat-tailed Grackle
2Black-and-white Warbler
2Common Yellowthroat
12Northern Parula
1Pine Warbler
2Yellow-throated Warbler
8Northern Cardinal
2Painted Bunting

April 17

2Wilson's Snipe
1Solitary Sandpiper
2Black-crowned Night Heron
1Red-shouldered Hawk
5Tree Swallow
3Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1Northern House Wren
2Savannah Sparrow
5Common Grackle
4Prothonotary Warbler

April 16

1Clapper Rail
8American Coot
1Black-bellied Plover
1Caspian Tern
3Royal Tern
1Glossy Ibis
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
2Green Heron
7Black Vulture
1Northern Harrier
1Red-eyed Vireo
1Loggerhead Shrike
1Sedge Wren
9Cedar Waxwing
5White-throated Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
1Rusty Blackbird
1American Redstart
3Mallard
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Gray Catbird
1Eastern Towhee
1Yellow-rumped Warbler

April 14

1Canada Goose

April 13

1Chimney Swift
2Brown Pelican
2Blue-headed Vireo
3Blue Jay
XRuby-crowned Kinglet
2Hermit Thrush
1American Robin
3Swainson's Warbler
1Prairie Warbler
1Summer Tanager

April 12

1Nashville Warbler