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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 17

11Wood Duck
4Mourning Dove
2Common Gallinule
2Wilson's Snipe
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Solitary Sandpiper
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Greater Yellowlegs
3Least Sandpiper
2Laughing Gull
3Least Tern
4Anhinga
4Double-crested Cormorant
54White Ibis
2Black-crowned Night Heron
3Little Blue Heron
2Tricolored Heron
12Great Egret
4Great Blue Heron
1Osprey
1Red-shouldered Hawk
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
5White-eyed Vireo
1American Crow
2Carolina Chickadee
2Tufted Titmouse
5Tree Swallow
3Northern Rough-winged Swallow
4Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Northern House Wren
4Carolina Wren
2Savannah Sparrow
8Red-winged Blackbird
1Brown-headed Cowbird
5Common Grackle
4Boat-tailed Grackle
4Prothonotary Warbler
1Common Yellowthroat
2Northern Parula
3Pine Warbler
4Yellow-throated Warbler
7Northern Cardinal

April 16

1Clapper Rail
8American Coot
3Black-necked Stilt
1Black-bellied Plover
4Killdeer
1Caspian Tern
3Royal Tern
1Pied-billed Grebe
1Glossy Ibis
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
2Snowy Egret
2Green Heron
7Black Vulture
9Turkey Vulture
1Northern Harrier
2Downy Woodpecker
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1Yellow-throated Vireo
1Red-eyed Vireo
1Loggerhead Shrike
3Fish Crow
1Sedge Wren
1Marsh Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
1Eastern Bluebird
9Cedar Waxwing
5White-throated Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
1Rusty Blackbird
1Black-and-white Warbler
1American Redstart
1Painted Bunting
8Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
3Mallard
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Roseate Spoonbill
1Barred Owl
1Gray Catbird
1Eastern Towhee
1Yellow-rumped Warbler

April 14

1Canada Goose

April 13

1Chimney Swift
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Forster's Tern
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