Wingbeats is our award winning newsletter. Features include upcoming events, articles about local environmental issues, and natural history about bird species. If you have an idea for an article or are interested in being part of our Wingbeats staff, please contact us.
Spring 2013
Wake Audubon hosts the Audubon North Carolina Annual Meeting – includes descriptions of all field trips; Bird of the Year – Eastern Meadowlark
Fall 2012
Chimney Swift migration stories, Young Naturalists’ nightjar survey, Bonus field trips to Southeastern Texas (Nov) and to North Carolina Outer Banks (Jan), and Protecting nesting shorebirds at Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
Spring 2011
Bird of the year (Chimney Swift), Singing Mice, Christmas Bird count, Alligator River Wildlife Refuge, Spotted Salamander
October 2009
Bird of the Year (Purple Martin)
July 2009
Adventures in Coffeeland, Bird of the Year (Purple Martin)
April 2009
Wildathon, Bird of the Year (Purple Martin)
January 2009
Bird of the Year (Purple Martin)
November/December 2008
Virtual Birding, Bird of the Year (Prothonotary Warbler)
October 2008
Competition for Water, Red-Headed Woodpecker
June 2008
Piedmont Guide for North Carolina Birding, Bird of the Year (Prothonotary Warbler), Invasive species
January 2008
Neuse RiverKeepers, Bird of the Year (Prothonotary Warbler), Black-capped Petrels
December 2007
Halloween Herps fill the Sandhills, Dark-eyed Junco
November 2007
Bugfest, Tundra (whistling) Swan, Winterize your home for Energy Conservation
October 2007
Wolves and wild lands, Gray-cheeked Thrush
September 2007
Manteo Martin Trip, How to dispose of hazardous wastes
August 2007
Neuse River Named one of top ten most endangered, NC birding Guide for Coastal Plain now available, Red Knot, Lumber River IBA
June 2007
Struggle for nature-based parks in Raleigh continues, American Oystercatcher, Energy conservation tips for drying laundry, Teshekpuk Lake Alaska
May 2007
Year of the Purple Martin, Painted Bunting
April 2007
Matthew Daw named young birder of the year, Cerulean Warbler
March 2007
The Carolina Herp atlas, Carolina Wren, Forest web of life
February 2007
Lumber River IBA, Brown Creeper, Alternative household cleaners
January 2007
Lumber River IBA, More Pipers calling in North Carolina, Wilson’s Plover, Diapering the Ecofriendly way
December 2006
Pipers are calling in North Carolina, Herping in the sandhills, Wilson’s (Common) Snipe, Reducing and reusing Holiday waste
November 2006
Field trip to Mahogany Rock, Red-winged Blackbirds, Lumber River IBA, Giving green gifts
October 2006
Field trip to the Wilson’s Backyard, Attracting winter hummingbirds, Blue Jay, Turn yard waste into compost
September 2006
Lake Benson Shrikes and Eagles, Golden Winged Warbler, Tips for gas conservation, Horseshoe Farm Dilemma, Lumber River IBA
August 2006
White Ibis abandon Battery Island, Field trip to Johnston County’s Howell Woods, American Goldfinch, Water conservation tips
July 2006
Titmice Birdcam, Mountain birding field trip, Wildathon, Passive solar housing, House wren
June 2006
Horseshoe Farm Master Plan, Indigo Bunting, Chemical-free mosquito control, Caring for baby birds
May 2006
Lumber River IBA, Common Nighthawk, Save the earthworms, Save the cork trees
April 2006
Wake Audubon supports outreach to Raleigh Community centers, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Grow your own rain garden, Close up Feeders reveal new detail
March 2006
North Carolina Birding Trail, Black-capped chickadee, Carolina Chickadee, Vermiculture, Conservation for our future
February 2006
IBA comes to Wake Audubon, Wood Duck, Energy conservation around the house
January 2006
Field trip to Mattamuskeet, Brown-headed Nuthatch, Reduce wasted paper from junk mail, Auction success
December 2005
Christmas Bird count, Baltimore Oriole, Recycle holiday trash, Measuring the world with birds