Birding at Lake Betz, Sunday May 18

Join us for a guided 1 mile round trip outing between Lake Betz and the adjacent marshy habitat. Lake Betz hosts a wide range of nesting local and migratory birds. Recent observations include Osprey, Hooded Mergansers, Red-headed Woodpeckers, Indigo Buntings, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Pine Warblers, and more. We may even see some late migrating warblers passing through.

Park in the paved NetApp employee lot at 7301 Kit Creek Rd, Morrisville, NC. There are multiple entrances to this parking lot and they all say 7301 Kit Creek Rd even if they enter from another road. We will meet at the south end of the lot near stairs that lead to the trail. This location is on the Louis Stephens Rd side of the lot.

The trail is nearly flat and is made of hard packed soil and pea gravel. There are about 7 steps from the paved parking lot down to the trail. If you use a mobility device, you may find parking in the pull out on Louis Stephens Drive across from the volleyball courts by the little bridge easier to access the trail. There is a 15 ft strip of packed soil between the paved pullout and a paved walking trail that leads north to the gravel trail.

Bring a water bottle and close toed shoes since we may have to step off the trail into grass to allow others to pass. There is no shade along most of the route. Please leave your furry friends at home for this group activity.

Bring your own binoculars or borrow ours. Please let Mary know by May 17 if you would like to borrow binoculars.

Contact: Mary at mabrams.was@gmail.com with questions or if you have trouble locating the group.

Note: There are no restroom facitilies on site.