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May 17, 2024

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4	5	6	7	8	9 Williamson Preserve: Reservation-only birdwalk Williamson Preserve: Reservation-only birdwalk January 9, 2026 8:00 am - 10:30 am Bailey and Sarah Williamson Preserve, 4409 Mial Plantation Rd, Raleigh, NC 27610, USA Birding at Williamson Preserve When: Friday, JANUARY 9, 2026, 8:00 - 10:30 am Where: Bailey and Sarah Williamson Preserve, 4409 Mial Plantation Road, Raleigh Leader: Marc Ribaudo Note: After a heavy rain, the preserve may be closed to prevent erosion, so we may have to cancel the outing. You should receive an email from TLC if the event is canceled. Note the specific location to park, which is also in the TLC email. Sign up using this link; a waitlist is available if the walk is full! https://triangleland.org/explore/events and scroll to the Wake Audubon event. Join Wake Audubon and Triangle Land Conservancy (TLC) for a morning of birding and exploring the Bailey and Sarah Williamson Preserve near the Wake County / Johnston County line. Our volunteer birder, Marc Ribaudo, will guide you through the meadow and Two Ponds Loop covering about 2 miles of soft trails. Please wear good walking shoes and bring a water bottle, and binoculars if you have them. More info available on Meetup. See more details •	10 NC Art Park Birding NC Art Park Birding January 10, 2026 8:00 am - 10:00 am Ann and Jim Goodnight Museum Park, 1800 Blue Ridge Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA NCMA Goodnight Park birding is on the second Saturday of each month. Register via Wake Audubon Meetup, limited to 25 participants. Leader is LynnErla Beegle Location is Ann and Jim Goodnight Museum Park, 1800 Blue Ridge Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA; meet outside the Park Welcome Center, near the old tall smokestack, west end of the parking lot. See more details Wendell Park with Frank Wendell Park with Frank January 10, 2026 8:30 am - 10:00 am Wendell Park, West 3rd Street, Wendell, NC WAKE AUDUBON BIRD OUTING: JANUARY 10, 2026, from 8:30 to 10:00. Location: Wendell Community Park, 601 West 3rd Street, Wendell, NC Leader: Frank D This birdwalk repeats on the second Saturday of most months. Check Meetup ( https://www.meetup.com/wake-audubon-meetup/ ) and wakeaudubon.org calendars for updates. Wendell Park is one of our easternmost Wake County hotspots. It has a range of habitats. It tends to get plenty of winter birds if conditions are right (not windy). Technically, an RSVP is not required for this birdwalk, but it is helpful.  Park in the grassy field on the left. Look for people with binoculars. Wendell Park ebird hotspot: http://ebird.org/ebird/hotspot/L5460345 Thank you for your interest in birding with others. Our Meetup is FREE to you and supported by Wake Audubon. We hope you will support us by joining Wake Audubon Society ($20 per year) and by donations and by volunteering. See http://wakeaudubon.org/support/ for more information See more details • •
11	12	13 Wake Audubon: The MST (Mountains-to-Sea Trail) Wake Audubon: The MST (Mountains-to-Sea Trail) January 13, 2026 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Nature Research Center, 121 W Jones St, Raleigh, NC 27603, USA Wake Audubon Monthly Meeting: MOUNTAINS-TO-SEA TRAIL WAKE AUDUBON SOCIETY MEETING ON MOUNTAINS-TO-SEA TRAIL, JAN. 13, 7:30 PM, NC Museum of Natural Science 4th floor conference center Our Tues., Jan.13 meeting will present North Carolina’s flagship hiking trail, the Mountains-to-Sea ("MST"). This trail stretches 1,175 miles across North Carolina from the Great Smoky Mountains to the Outer Banks, passing many of our state’s most beautiful places along the way. Brent Laurenz (pronounced "Lawrence") is the Executive Director of the Friends of the MST. Brent will discuss the history of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail, how it’s maintained, how to explore it, and what’s next for our state’s longest hiking trail. (Meeting is In Person and Zoom, but check back for updates!) Time: Second Tuesday of the month, 7:30 - 9:00 pm Nature Research Center, 121 W. Jones St, Raleigh, NC 27601 Place: In-person + Virtual via Zoom Location: NC Museum of Natural Sciences: Nature Research Center, 121 W Jones St, Raleigh, NC - 4th floor meeting room Location: In-person + Zoom (Note: The two speakers will be on Zoom ) Place: In-person + Virtual - use https://www.zoom.us/join , choose "Join meeting" (no login needed) Meeting code: 831 3786 5298 Password: 4Birds Park (for free after 6:30 pm) and walk to the main museum entrance on Jones Street, just to the right of the giant globe. Since the NC Museum of Natural Sciences is usually closed at night, someone will be at the door ONLY from 7 to 7:45 to let you in, so please be on time. Take the elevator to the fourth floor meeting room. The east-facing entrance of the "old wing" of the museum will not be used. If you feel unwell, please stay home and enjoy our presentation over Zoom We hope you will help us by joining Wake Audubon and National Audubon! visit wakeaudubon.org *Last updated 2025-12-13 by Beegle WATCH for updates. Location and date sometime change! See more details •	14	15	16	17
18	19	20 Book Club - Wake Audubon MacGregor Starbucks Book Club - Wake Audubon MacGregor Starbucks January 20, 2026 6:45 pm - 8:15 pm Starbucks, 101 Edinburgh S Dr, Cary, NC 27511, USA Wake Audubon Book Club Tuesday, January 20, 2026, 6:45 pm to 8:00pm MacGregor Village STARBUCKS, 101 S Edinburgh Drive, Cary, NC. We will be discussing After the Blast: The Ecological Recovery of Mount St. Helens, by Eric Wagner, 2022 (available on Amazon and by bookstore order). Our next meeting will be Tuesday, January 20, 2026, at 6:45 at Starbucks or possibly ECPI University. Please bring a readily-available book to suggest for our next Book Club meeting. You are also encouraged to participate in our book exchange (bring books to give way or trade). Thanks! See more details •	21	22	23	24 Hilltop-Needmore Park (North) Bird Outing Hilltop-Needmore Park (North) Bird Outing January 24, 2026 8:30 am - 10:30 am Hilltop Needmore Town Park & Preserve, 4621 Shady Greens Dr, Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526, USA Free Birding trip with Wake Audubon at Hilltop-Needmore Park NORTH 4621 Shady Greens Drive, Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526 Leaders: Larry Zoller and Kyra Thurow Bartow Location: Lower Clubhouse Parking Lot Date: Saturday, JANUARY 24, 2026, 8:30 to 10:30 AM Come join Wake Audubon for a winter morning bird walk on the North Trail. The walk is leisurely with frequent stops for birds. There are elevation changes but we often stop to enjoy birds. Please wear shoes good for walking on the dew-covered grassy fairway. Anyone 6 years and up are welcome to join us! The path we take includes steep inclines, but no stairs. Note that we have moved this walk to the fourth Saturday of most months. Ebird hotspot site: https://ebird.org/hotspot/L16295752 Let's Go Birding! See more details •
25 Bass Lake Park with Jessica W Bass Lake Park with Jessica W January 25, 2026 8:15 am - 10:30 am 900 Bass Lake Rd, Holly Springs, NC 27540, USA Join Jessica W and Wake Audubon for a Bird Outing at Bass Lake on Sunday, JANUARY 25, 2026, 8:15 The park opens at 8 am. The address is 900 Bass Lake Road, Holly Springs, NC (note that this is the main parking lot, not the smaller lot on another road). Meet at the end of the parking lot near the building. This 2+ mile walk on unpaved trails begins at 8:15 and ends shortly after 10:30. **This outing is on soft trails. We might cover the east side of the lake and then walk to the adjacent Sugg Farm, which is also part of Bass Lake Park. Wear shoes that can take a bit of mud as the trail if it has rained recently. Leader is Jessica Williams ([email protected], 913-424-5062). See more details •	26	27	28	29	30	31 Durant birding - Registration required Durant birding - Registration required January 31, 2026 8:00 am - 9:30 am Durant Nature Preserve, 8305 Camp Durant Rd, Raleigh, NC 27614, USA Early Bird at Durant Nature Preserve (registration required off Meetup) Saturday, JANUARY 31, 2026, 8 am - 9:30 am Register Off-site only: Requires a login and password: Login FIRST at https://ncraleighweb.myvscloud.com/webtrac/web/splash.html THEN register for this free event at: https://ncraleighweb.myvscloud.com/webtrac/web/iteminfo.html?Module=AR&FMID=441383650 Or click on Search - Keyword Search and type in "EARLY BIRD" Grab your binoculars and meet us at beautiful Durant Nature Preserve’s SOUTH entrance for a bird-watching hike led by Wake Audubon naturalist, Lynn Erla Beegle. Spend your morning watching and learning about birds that prefer forests and thickets edges on this approximately 1.5 mile hike. For beginning and advanced birders. Bring your binoculars, or borrow a pair of ours. Pre-registration is required. Limited to City of Raleigh residents. Meet in the SOUTH parking lot at Durant Nature Preserve at 3237 Spottswood Street near Campbell Lodge. Note there is also a north parking lot on Camp Durant Road, but, you cannot drive from one lot to the other through the park . See more details •

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