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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 21

45Wood Duck
7Mourning Dove
3Chimney Swift
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
4Common Gallinule
2American Coot
8Black-necked Stilt
2Killdeer
1Wilson's Snipe
1Solitary Sandpiper
5Lesser Yellowlegs
1Greater Yellowlegs
1Least Sandpiper
10Laughing Gull
8Least Tern
1Pied-billed Grebe
1Wood Stork
20Anhinga
1Glossy Ibis
2Roseate Spoonbill
4Least Bittern
3Black-crowned Night Heron
10Little Blue Heron
6Tricolored Heron
2Snowy Egret
5Green Heron
70Great Egret
10Great Blue Heron
1Turkey Vulture
1Bald Eagle
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Barred Owl
3Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
4Great Crested Flycatcher
2White-eyed Vireo
1Red-eyed Vireo
1American Crow
1Fish Crow
4Carolina Chickadee
6Tufted Titmouse
30Tree Swallow
3Purple Martin
10Northern Rough-winged Swallow
6Barn Swallow
4Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
12Carolina Wren
2Eastern Bluebird
3House Finch
2Savannah Sparrow
50Red-winged Blackbird
12Common Grackle
15Boat-tailed Grackle
3Prothonotary Warbler
1Swainson's Warbler
4Northern Parula
6Pine Warbler
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
2Yellow-throated Warbler
1Summer Tanager
20Northern Cardinal
1Painted Bunting
1White Ibis
3Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
2Double-crested Cormorant
1Osprey
4Downy Woodpecker
1Eastern Kingbird
1Yellow-throated Vireo
1Blue-headed Vireo
2Blue Jay
6Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1White-breasted Nuthatch
3Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Northern House Wren
1Sedge Wren
2Gray Catbird
1Brown Thrasher
1Northern Mockingbird
1American Robin
3Cedar Waxwing
1Chipping Sparrow
5White-throated Sparrow
2Song Sparrow
2Swamp Sparrow
5Brown-headed Cowbird
1Ovenbird
1Worm-eating Warbler
3Black-and-white Warbler
5Common Yellowthroat
1Scarlet Tanager
2Blue Grosbeak
2Indigo Bunting

April 18

1Mallard
1Marsh Wren
2Yellow-billed Cuckoo
2Clapper Rail
1Spotted Sandpiper
3Forster's Tern
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
1Black Vulture
1Orchard Oriole
1Sora
1Belted Kingfisher
1American Goldfinch
1American Herring Gull
1Hermit Thrush

April 17

1Northern Yellow Warbler

April 16

1Acadian Flycatcher
1Hooded Warbler
1Black-bellied Plover
1Caspian Tern
3Royal Tern
1Northern Harrier
1Loggerhead Shrike
1Rusty Blackbird
1American Redstart
1Eastern Towhee