What we’re about
This group enjoys local (and regional) trips to see wildlife in the Raleigh, Wake County area of North Carolina. We focus on birdwatching, and we enjoy teaching anyone who is new to birding. We welcome visitors to the area who want to attend our trips.
We also volunteer for various events, including river cleanups, prairie management at local parks, nestbox maintenance, helping with events at various parks and museums, and "citizen science" projects (such as Christmas Bird Count and Great Backyard Bird Count).
Wake Audubon has a group for youth (teens 12 - 18); you can read more about the Young Naturalists Group at http://www.wakeaudubon.org/ync.htm as the trips for YN are not posted on this Meetup site.
There is no requirement to join Wake Audubon Society in order to be a member of this Meetup. There is no fee for this Meetup. We encourage you to join Wake Audubon, however, as we depend on member fees to support our environmental projects: http://www.wakeaudubon.org/join.htm Wake Audubon meets on the second Tuesday of each month, 7:30 p.m. in Meeting Room A of the NC Museum of Natural Sciences, 11 West Jones Street, Raleigh. The meeting is open to the public.
Wake Audubon Society is a member of Audubon NC and of the National Audubon Society. We have a membership of about 1,200 and hold monthly meetings, field trips, bird walks and other activities. Wake Audubon is made up of a diverse group of people with a variety of interests and specialties; we're not just birders. Wake Audubon members share a common interest in wildlife, nature and environmental conservation: http://www.wakeaudubon.org/what_we_do.htm
Mission Statement: "To foster knowledge, appreciation, and enjoyment of nature; to encourage responsible environmental stewardship; to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds, other wildlife, and their habitats, for the benefit of humanity and the earth's biological diversity."
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Birding at the NC Museum of Art, Ann & Jim Goodnight Museum Park 2025-0510North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
Birding at the NC Museum of Art, Ann & Jim Goodnight Museum Park
Second Saturday of the month: MAY 10, 2025, 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM
NC Museum of Art: Ann and Jim Goodnight Museum Park, 2110 Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh.
Meet at the Welcome Center (near the tall brick smokestack in the Museum Park closest to the District Drive entrance).
Leader is Lynn Erla Beegle, 919-673-6136
Habitat includes field, forest, and pond, native plants, and outdoor art.Note: Anyone who has low mobility is welcome to join us, even if the 25-birder limit has been reached. The birding will be on paved trails without stairs. Length is about two miles, in two hours. (Limit is technically 25 birders, but it is a public park.)
More information on the North Carolina Museum of Art website: https://park.ncartmuseum.org/
Map of the 164-acre Museum Park:
https://park.ncartmuseum.org/assets/pdf/Park-Map-Web.pdfTurn RIGHT when you enter via Reedy Creek Road entrance for the NC Museum of Art. Meet in upper parking lot close to the big smokestack and Welcome Center (northern end of the main lot). Look for people with binoculars. Restrooms at Welcome Center are open and handicap accessible.
Admission to the Art Museum is free; opens at 10. Backpacks, binoculars, and long-lens cameras are not allowed in the museum, but they have free lockers to stow these items.
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Ebird Hotspot: https://ebird.org/hotspot/L21844918
See you there! - Birding with Frank at Wendell Community Park 2025-05-10Wendell Community Park, Wendell, NC
BIRD OUTING: Wendell Park Birding With Frank
Bird Outing on SATURDAY MAY 10, 2025, 8:30 am TO 10:00 am
Location: Wendell Community Park, 601 West 3rd Street, Wendell, NC
Leader is Frank Doherty ( fdoherty@nc.rr.com )
This birdwalk repeats on the second Saturday of most months. Check Meetup and wakeaudubon.org calendars for updates.Wendell Park is one of our easternmost Wake County hotspots.
RSVP on Meetup is open.
Technically, an RSVP is not required for this birdwalk, but it is helpful.
Note: at times there is an event at the park and thus an entrance fee -- tell them you are there for the free birdwalk to avoid the fee.
Park in the grassy field on the left. Look for people with binoculars.
Wendell Park ebird hotspot: http://ebird.org/ebird/hotspot/L5460345
Thanks, Frank, for volunteering to be the trip leader!
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.
- Wake Audubon Meeting: Birds - but not as you know themNature Research Center, Raleigh, NC
**Wake Audubon Monthly Meeting: Birds - but not as you know them (**Meeting is In Person and Zoom)
Time: Tuesday, May 13, 2025, 7:30 - 9:00 pm
Location: NCMNS - Nature Research Center, 121 W Jones St, Raleigh, Fourth floor meeting roomTopic: Birds - but not as you know them. Believe it or not, there are still dinosaurs alive today. We call this extant group of over 11,000 species of dinosaurs birds. The idea that dinosaurs and birds were related is an old one, but the fact birds ARE dinosaurs has really taken off in the late 20thcentury to now. New fossil finds and new technologies show us just how obvious this relationship is. Dr. Jennifer Anné from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences will guide us through a dissection of dinosaurs from the bones to the behavior to show that there’s no mistaking those family traits.
Speaker: Dr. Jennifer Anné (aka Indy) received her PhD from the University of Manchester, UK where she studied the chemistry of bone remodeling and repair using some very high tech science machines called synchrotrons. Her research focuses on using a variety of chemical analyses to determine what original biological material is preserved in fossils and how organisms become fossilized. Dr. Anné also studies palaeopathology, injuries and diseases in long dead patients, using her chemical background to help in the diagnosis. Not being species-est, she has studied everything from dinosaurs to manatees (and all vertebrates in between). She is currently applying her fossil preparation, histology and chemistry know-how at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, where she is the Assistant Lab Manager of the SECU DinoLab. When she’s not zapping fossils with X-ray, she’s traveling the world with a good book and playlist in hand.
This meeting will be held In-person + Zoom
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 NCSM is closed at night, someone will be at the door ONLY from 7 to 7:45 to let you in, so be on time. Take the elevator to the fourth floor meeting room. The east-facing entrance to the "old wing" of the museum will not be used. If you feel unwell, please stay home and enjoy our presentation over Zoom.
https://www.zoom.us/joinMeeting code: 831 3786 5298
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We hope you will help us by joining Wake Audubon and National Audubon! Visit https://wakeaudubon.org/get-involved/join/
*Last updated 2025-03-20 by Beegle
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