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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 3

11Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
28Wood Duck
1Blue-winged Teal
1Mallard
8Mourning Dove
XCommon Gallinule
XAmerican Coot
2Black-necked Stilt
4Killdeer
5Lesser Yellowlegs
3Greater Yellowlegs
4Least Sandpiper
3Laughing Gull
5Forster's Tern
1Royal Tern
3Pied-billed Grebe
6Anhinga
5Double-crested Cormorant
4White Ibis
1Least Bittern
1Black-crowned Night Heron
3Little Blue Heron
4Tricolored Heron
XSnowy Egret
5Green Heron
XGreat Egret
XGreat Blue Heron
3Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1Red-shouldered Hawk
5Red-bellied Woodpecker
4Downy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Great Crested Flycatcher
XWhite-eyed Vireo
1Blue-headed Vireo
2Red-eyed Vireo
2Blue Jay
4American Crow
6Fish Crow
XCarolina Chickadee
XTufted Titmouse
25Tree Swallow
23Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
25Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Northern House Wren
1Sedge Wren
4Marsh Wren
XCarolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
1Brown Thrasher
1Northern Mockingbird
4Hermit Thrush
18Cedar Waxwing
1American Goldfinch
22White-throated Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
7Swamp Sparrow
XRed-winged Blackbird
13Brown-headed Cowbird
XCommon Grackle
XBoat-tailed Grackle
1Black-and-white Warbler
5Common Yellowthroat
17Northern Parula
3Palm Warbler
4Pine Warbler
8Yellow-rumped Warbler
7Yellow-throated Warbler
XNorthern Cardinal
1Painted Bunting

April 2

2Least Tern
1Bald Eagle

April 1

2Roseate Spoonbill
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1House Finch

March 30

5Canada Goose
1Clapper Rail
3Glossy Ibis
2Belted Kingfisher
1Northern Flicker
2Eastern Phoebe
1White-breasted Nuthatch
16Rusty Blackbird
1Orange-crowned Warbler
1Prairie Warbler

March 28

2American Bittern
5American Wigeon
5Ring-billed Gull
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
4Black Vulture
30Barn Swallow
1Eastern Bluebird