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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.

March 19

2Common Gallinule
35American Coot
4Anhinga
2Double-crested Cormorant
4White Ibis
1Snowy Egret
1Green Heron
6Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
1Brown Pelican
3Turkey Vulture
2White-eyed Vireo
1American Crow
3Carolina Chickadee
4Tufted Titmouse
20Tree Swallow
5Ruby-crowned Kinglet
6Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Carolina Wren
2White-throated Sparrow
1Red-winged Blackbird
2Brown-headed Cowbird
4Boat-tailed Grackle
3Northern Parula
1Pine Warbler
5Yellow-rumped Warbler
2Northern Cardinal
1Blue-winged Teal
1Killdeer
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Caspian Tern
1Forster's Tern
1Pied-billed Grebe
1American Bittern
1Tricolored Heron
1Osprey
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Fish Crow
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Gray Catbird
1Eastern Bluebird
1Cedar Waxwing
1Savannah Sparrow
1Common Grackle

March 18

1Wood Duck
8Mourning Dove
1Wilson's Snipe
2Laughing Gull
1Little Blue Heron
1Belted Kingfisher
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Barn Swallow
1Marsh Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
2Swamp Sparrow
2Common Yellowthroat
1Yellow-throated Warbler
2Mallard
1Pectoral Sandpiper
1Black-crowned Night Heron
4Black Vulture
3Eastern Phoebe
2Great Crested Flycatcher
1Blue Jay
1White-breasted Nuthatch
8European Starling
2Brown Thrasher
1Hermit Thrush
1American Robin
1American Goldfinch
1Chipping Sparrow
2Rusty Blackbird

March 17

1Blue-headed Vireo

March 15

1Bald Eagle
1Northern Flicker
1Sedge Wren

March 13

6Canada Goose
6Green-winged Teal
1Greater Yellowlegs
2Ring-billed Gull
1Merlin
1Northern House Wren
4Song Sparrow
1Orange-crowned Warbler
1Palm Warbler