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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 5

10Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
15Wood Duck
1American Wigeon
6Mourning Dove
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
2Clapper Rail
7Common Gallinule
7Black-necked Stilt
2Killdeer
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Lesser Yellowlegs
4Least Sandpiper
2Laughing Gull
2Least Tern
2Forster's Tern
2Pied-billed Grebe
1Wood Stork
24Anhinga
4Double-crested Cormorant
8White Ibis
1Roseate Spoonbill
2Least Bittern
2Black-crowned Night Heron
4Little Blue Heron
3Tricolored Heron
4Snowy Egret
3Green Heron
20Great Egret
6Great Blue Heron
3Turkey Vulture
2Mississippi Kite
4Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Downy Woodpecker
2Pileated Woodpecker
1Acadian Flycatcher
2Great Crested Flycatcher
1Eastern Kingbird
12White-eyed Vireo
2Red-eyed Vireo
2American Crow
2Fish Crow
4Carolina Chickadee
2Tufted Titmouse
7Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
6Carolina Wren
1Eastern Bluebird
1House Finch
10Red-winged Blackbird
1Brown-headed Cowbird
6Common Grackle
7Boat-tailed Grackle
3Prothonotary Warbler
4Common Yellowthroat
8Northern Parula
1Northern Yellow Warbler
4Pine Warbler
8Yellow-throated Warbler
2Summer Tanager
8Northern Cardinal
2Blue Grosbeak
1Indigo Bunting
1Painted Bunting

May 4

1American Coot
1Bald Eagle
1Solitary Sandpiper
1Purple Gallinule
1Osprey
2Red-shouldered Hawk
1Black-throated Blue Warbler

May 3

1Glossy Ibis
1Swamp Sparrow
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Red-headed Woodpecker
1Savannah Sparrow
1Swainson's Warbler
1Western Cattle-Egret
1Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
1American Goldfinch
5Barn Swallow
9Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Royal Tern
1Barred Owl
30Tree Swallow
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Cape May Warbler

May 2

1Greater Yellowlegs
1Black Skimmer
1Yellow-throated Vireo
30Cedar Waxwing
1Mallard
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
2Black Vulture
2Northern Rough-winged Swallow

May 1

2Canada Goose
1American Robin
1Eastern Towhee
3Chimney Swift
1Black-bellied Plover
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Belted Kingfisher
1Seaside Sparrow
2Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Yellow-breasted Chat

April 29

1Northern Waterthrush
1Blue Jay
1European Starling