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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 2

10Wood Duck
1Common Gallinule
4American Coot
1Black-necked Stilt
2Least Tern
5Anhinga
4Double-crested Cormorant
1Tricolored Heron
2Snowy Egret
1Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
1Bald Eagle
5Red-winged Blackbird
10Boat-tailed Grackle
3Northern Cardinal
1Turkey Vulture

April 1

2Blue-winged Teal
1Mourning Dove
4Killdeer
3Lesser Yellowlegs
2Forster's Tern
1Pied-billed Grebe
9White Ibis
2Roseate Spoonbill
2Least Bittern
2Little Blue Heron
5Green Heron
2Red-shouldered Hawk
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Downy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Great Crested Flycatcher
7White-eyed Vireo
1Red-eyed Vireo
3American Crow
5Carolina Chickadee
4Tufted Titmouse
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow
3Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Marsh Wren
6Carolina Wren
7Cedar Waxwing
1House Finch
2White-throated Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
2Brown-headed Cowbird
12Common Grackle
2Common Yellowthroat
14Northern Parula
2Pine Warbler
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
4Yellow-throated Warbler

March 30

5Canada Goose
1Clapper Rail
3Greater Yellowlegs
5Least Sandpiper
2Laughing Gull
1Royal Tern
3Glossy Ibis
2Belted Kingfisher
1Northern Flicker
2Eastern Phoebe
2Blue-headed Vireo
4Fish Crow
200Tree Swallow
12Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1White-breasted Nuthatch
2Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Northern House Wren
1Sedge Wren
1Gray Catbird
1Brown Thrasher
1Northern Mockingbird
2Hermit Thrush
1American Goldfinch
4Song Sparrow
16Rusty Blackbird
1Orange-crowned Warbler
4Palm Warbler
1Prairie Warbler

March 28

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