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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--Audubon Swamp Garden

Only the most recent report per species is shown. Some reports may be pending verification.

May 8

4Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
2Wood Duck
6Mourning Dove
5Common Gallinule
1American Coot
8Black-necked Stilt
2Killdeer
1Spotted Sandpiper
12Solitary Sandpiper
1Lesser Yellowlegs
2Willet
1Least Sandpiper
5Laughing Gull
2Black Skimmer
9Least Tern
2Royal Tern
1Pied-billed Grebe
4Wood Stork
6Anhinga
14White Ibis
4Roseate Spoonbill
2Least Bittern
1Black-crowned Night Heron
2Little Blue Heron
2Tricolored Heron
2Snowy Egret
1Green Heron
3Great Egret
3Great Blue Heron
1Osprey
3Great Crested Flycatcher
4Eastern Kingbird
2Carolina Chickadee
3Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Carolina Wren
11Cedar Waxwing
1Savannah Sparrow
1Orchard Oriole
16Red-winged Blackbird
2Brown-headed Cowbird
16Boat-tailed Grackle
3Common Yellowthroat
2Northern Parula
1Northern Yellow Warbler
1Pine Warbler
5Northern Cardinal
2Painted Bunting

May 6

1Turkey Vulture
2Mississippi Kite
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
5White-eyed Vireo
1Red-eyed Vireo
1American Crow
1Fish Crow
8Tufted Titmouse
2White-breasted Nuthatch
5Common Grackle
3Yellow-throated Warbler

May 4

1Acadian Flycatcher
1Eastern Bluebird
1Prothonotary Warbler
1Black-throated Blue Warbler

May 3

1Glossy Ibis
1Swamp Sparrow
1Indigo Bunting
1Western Cattle-Egret
1Bald Eagle
1Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
1American Goldfinch

May 2

1Mallard
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
2Black Vulture
1Pileated Woodpecker
2Northern Rough-winged Swallow
20Barn Swallow