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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.

March 26

2Mallard
3Green-winged Teal
6Mourning Dove
9Common Gallinule
26American Coot
1Black-necked Stilt
5Killdeer
3Laughing Gull
4Forster's Tern
2Pied-billed Grebe
12Double-crested Cormorant
3White Ibis
2Tricolored Heron
3Snowy Egret
1Green Heron
7Great Egret
3Great Blue Heron
1Turkey Vulture
1Red-shouldered Hawk
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Great Crested Flycatcher
2White-eyed Vireo
1American Crow
1Fish Crow
6Carolina Chickadee
2Tufted Titmouse
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Sedge Wren
1Marsh Wren
4Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
2Cedar Waxwing
3Song Sparrow
2Swamp Sparrow
1Brown-headed Cowbird
2Common Grackle
12Boat-tailed Grackle
6Northern Parula
1Palm Warbler
3Pine Warbler
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Yellow-throated Warbler
3Wood Duck
4Blue-winged Teal
1Chimney Swift
1Sora
1Wilson's Snipe
9Lesser Yellowlegs
5Greater Yellowlegs
1Least Sandpiper
1Pectoral Sandpiper
2Ring-billed Gull
1American Herring Gull
6Anhinga
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Little Blue Heron
1Western Cattle-Egret
3Black Vulture
1Sharp-shinned Hawk
1Cooper's Hawk
1Northern Harrier
2Bald Eagle
7Downy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Northern Flicker
2Blue-headed Vireo
120Tree Swallow
1Golden-crowned Kinglet
2Brown-headed Nuthatch
30Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Brown Thrasher
2Eastern Bluebird
4Hermit Thrush
2American Goldfinch
8White-throated Sparrow
1Savannah Sparrow
2Eastern Towhee
XRed-winged Blackbird
10Rusty Blackbird
1Black-and-white Warbler
5Common Yellowthroat
XNorthern Cardinal
1Painted Bunting

March 25

2Canada Goose
1Glossy Ibis
3Blue Jay
2European Starling
2Gray Catbird
2American Robin
1House Sparrow

March 24

1Barred Owl

March 23

1Gull-billed Tern
1Belted Kingfisher
1Eastern Phoebe
1White-breasted Nuthatch
2House Finch
1Orange-crowned Warbler

March 22

2Wood Stork
1American Bittern
1Baltimore Oriole
3Horned Grebe

March 20

2Brown Pelican
1Osprey