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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 13

20Wood Duck
2Mourning Dove
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2Common Gallinule
XAnhinga
7Black-crowned Night Heron
2Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
3Snowy Egret
1Green Heron
XGreat Egret
10Great Blue Heron
1Turkey Vulture
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
2Great Crested Flycatcher
2White-eyed Vireo
1Blue Jay
3American Crow
12Carolina Chickadee
2Tufted Titmouse
6Carolina Wren
XRed-winged Blackbird
3Common Grackle
8Boat-tailed Grackle
5Common Yellowthroat
2Northern Parula
7Northern Cardinal
10Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
2Laughing Gull
4Yellow-crowned Night Heron
3Black Vulture
3Barred Owl
1Downy Woodpecker
7Fish Crow
3Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
6Eastern Bluebird
8Brown-headed Cowbird
2Prothonotary Warbler

May 11

1Least Sandpiper
1Wood Stork
1Osprey
1Mississippi Kite
1American Robin
1Summer Tanager
1Mallard
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
4Chimney Swift
1Killdeer
1Semipalmated Plover
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Glossy Ibis
2Eastern Wood-Pewee
1Acadian Flycatcher
2Eastern Kingbird
2Yellow-throated Vireo
4Red-eyed Vireo
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Gray Catbird
1Swainson's Thrush
1American Goldfinch
1Chipping Sparrow
XSwainson's Warbler
1Hooded Warbler
2American Redstart
1Cape May Warbler
1Magnolia Warbler
1Yellow Warbler
XChestnut-sided Warbler
1Blackpoll Warbler
6Pine Warbler
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
5Yellow-throated Warbler
1Blue Grosbeak
1Indigo Bunting
1Painted Bunting