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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 18

1Mourning Dove
1Laughing Gull
2Anhinga
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
1Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1Downy Woodpecker
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1White-eyed Vireo
2Carolina Chickadee
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Carolina Wren
2Red-winged Blackbird
2Boat-tailed Grackle
2Northern Parula
1Yellow-throated Warbler
1Painted Bunting
2Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
16Wood Duck
1Mallard
2Little Blue Heron
5Snowy Egret
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Tufted Titmouse
1Common Grackle
2Pine Warbler
1Northern Cardinal
1Least Tern
3Double-crested Cormorant
2White Ibis
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Fish Crow
2Tree Swallow
1Marsh Wren
2Gray Catbird
2Brown Thrasher
1Northern Mockingbird
6Cedar Waxwing
1White-throated Sparrow
2Brown-headed Cowbird
2Yellow-billed Cuckoo
3Chimney Swift
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Sora
XCommon Gallinule
XAmerican Coot
6Black-necked Stilt
2Killdeer
1Wilson's Snipe
1Spotted Sandpiper
17Lesser Yellowlegs
3Greater Yellowlegs
5Least Sandpiper
1American Herring Gull
2Forster's Tern
2Pied-billed Grebe
1Roseate Spoonbill
1Tricolored Heron
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Yellow-throated Vireo
1Blue-headed Vireo
2Red-eyed Vireo
3Blue Jay
3American Crow
6Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Northern House Wren
1Sedge Wren
1Eastern Bluebird
1Hermit Thrush
6Savannah Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
3Swamp Sparrow
1Orchard Oriole
4Prothonotary Warbler
3Swainson's Warbler
6Common Yellowthroat
3Summer Tanager
1Barred Owl
2Brown-headed Nuthatch
2Black-and-white Warbler

April 17

1Solitary Sandpiper
3Northern Rough-winged Swallow

April 16

1Clapper Rail
1Black-bellied Plover
1Caspian Tern
3Royal Tern
1Glossy Ibis
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
2Green Heron
7Black Vulture
1Northern Harrier
1Loggerhead Shrike
1Rusty Blackbird
1American Redstart
1Eastern Towhee
1Yellow-rumped Warbler

April 14

1Canada Goose

April 13

2Brown Pelican
1American Robin
1Prairie Warbler

April 12

1Nashville Warbler