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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.

May 12

15Wood Duck
1Mourning Dove
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Common Gallinule
1Killdeer
24Anhinga
8White Ibis
1Roseate Spoonbill
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Little Blue Heron
6Snowy Egret
5Green Heron
50Great Egret
6Great Blue Heron
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
2Pileated Woodpecker
1White-eyed Vireo
6American Crow
1Fish Crow
2Carolina Chickadee
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
4Carolina Wren
7Red-winged Blackbird
6Common Grackle
2Prothonotary Warbler
1Common Yellowthroat
1Northern Parula
6Northern Cardinal
1Blue Grosbeak
1Indigo Bunting

May 11

1Least Bittern
1Tricolored Heron
5Boat-tailed Grackle
10Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
1American Coot
4Black-necked Stilt
4Laughing Gull
3Least Tern
1Forster's Tern
1Double-crested Cormorant
7Turkey Vulture
4Mississippi Kite
3Great Crested Flycatcher
1Tufted Titmouse
2Eastern Bluebird
2Brown-headed Cowbird
4Yellow-throated Warbler
4Summer Tanager
2Painted Bunting

May 10

1Red-shouldered Hawk
XCanada Goose
XRoyal Tern
XWood Stork
XWestern Cattle-Egret
XBrown Pelican
XBlack Vulture
XYellow-throated Vireo
XRed-eyed Vireo
XBlue Jay
XEuropean Starling
XHouse Finch
XOrchard Oriole
XSwainson's Warbler
XPine Warbler

May 9

1Barred Owl
1Gray Catbird

May 8

1Spotted Sandpiper
12Solitary Sandpiper
1Lesser Yellowlegs
2Willet
1Least Sandpiper
2Black Skimmer
1Pied-billed Grebe
1Osprey
4Eastern Kingbird
11Cedar Waxwing
1Savannah Sparrow
1Northern Yellow Warbler
2Chimney Swift
1Sandwich Tern
1Acadian Flycatcher
4Barn Swallow
2Brown-headed Nuthatch
2American Goldfinch
1Hooded Warbler
2American Redstart
1Prairie Warbler
1Scarlet Tanager
2Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2Swallow-tailed Kite
2Bald Eagle
2Black-and-white Warbler

May 7

10Mallard
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
2Caspian Tern
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
1Brown Thrasher
2Northern Mockingbird

May 6

4Tree Swallow
2White-breasted Nuthatch