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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 4

12Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
3Wood Duck
3Blue-winged Teal
1Mourning Dove
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
14Common Gallinule
9American Coot
2Black-necked Stilt
6Killdeer
1Spotted Sandpiper
3Lesser Yellowlegs
8Greater Yellowlegs
12Laughing Gull
7Forster's Tern
5Pied-billed Grebe
12Anhinga
10Double-crested Cormorant
30White Ibis
1Roseate Spoonbill
6Tricolored Heron
4Snowy Egret
1Green Heron
10Great Egret
7Great Blue Heron
1Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1Bald Eagle
3Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
12White-eyed Vireo
7American Crow
2Fish Crow
2Carolina Chickadee
2Tufted Titmouse
25Tree Swallow
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
4Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Northern House Wren
2Sedge Wren
2Carolina Wren
1White-throated Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
2Swamp Sparrow
100Red-winged Blackbird
2Brown-headed Cowbird
20Boat-tailed Grackle
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Common Yellowthroat
15Northern Parula
5Yellow-rumped Warbler
4Northern Cardinal

April 3

1Mallard
4Least Sandpiper
1Royal Tern
1Least Bittern
1Black-crowned Night Heron
3Little Blue Heron
1Red-shouldered Hawk
4Downy Woodpecker
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1Blue-headed Vireo
2Red-eyed Vireo
2Blue Jay
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
4Marsh Wren
1Gray Catbird
1Brown Thrasher
1Northern Mockingbird
4Hermit Thrush
18Cedar Waxwing
1American Goldfinch
XCommon Grackle
3Palm Warbler
4Pine Warbler
7Yellow-throated Warbler
1Painted Bunting

April 2

2Least Tern

April 1

1Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1House Finch

March 30

5Canada Goose
1Clapper Rail
3Glossy Ibis
2Belted Kingfisher
1Northern Flicker
2Eastern Phoebe
1White-breasted Nuthatch
16Rusty Blackbird
1Orange-crowned Warbler
1Prairie Warbler