About us
Welcome to Wake Audubon Society – where our love for nature meets a commitment to inclusion and belonging and providing programs, outings and activities where all can safely access and celebrate nature.
As a chapter of Audubon NC and the National Audubon Society, our 1,900-strong community in Wake, Johnston, Franklin, and Nash counties, North Carolina, is proud to lead education, conservation, and advocacy efforts to grow our region responsibly and with concern for the birds, wildlife and places we all live.
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.
This group enjoys local (and regional) outings to experience wildlife in the Raleigh, Wake County area of North Carolina. We focus on birding, and we enjoy teaching anyone who is new to birding. We welcome visitors to the area who want to attend our outings.
Wake Audubon hosts free, public, in-person educational programs that are generally held on the second Tuesday of each month, 7:30 p.m. in the NC Museum of Natural Sciences Nature Research Center, 121 W Jones St. Raleigh, NC, 4th floor meeting room. Most of these programs can also be viewed virtually via Zoom. See the topic, and confirm the location and Zoom link for each program in our Meetup or calendar posts.
We also volunteer for various events, including river cleanups, invasive species removal, nestbox maintenance, helping with events at various parks and museums, and community science projects such the Christmas Bird Count and Great Backyard Bird Count.
Thanks for your interest in Wake Audubon. Come, join us!
Our 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
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Moth Night at White Deer Park in Garner 2026-07-22
White Deer Park Nature Center, 2400 State Rd 2710, Garner, NC, USEnjoy a night at White Deer Park learning all about moths! Gather around the black lights to make observations for NC Moth Week. Participants will use identification guides, iNaturalist, and a common moths bingo sheet to identify what they find. Bring your camera and/or phone to collect observations of moths.
Registration required on the Town of Garner Website: Program: Moth Night (7/22/26)
We highly recommend having the iNaturalist app on your phone before you arrive if you'd like to participate in the NC Moths citizen science challenge. You can earn an awesome moth patch or sticker! Learn more about iNaturalist here: https://www.inaturalist.org/
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Hilltop-Needmore Park (North), 2026-0725
Hilltop Needmore Town Park & Preserve, 4621 Shady Greens Dr, Fuquay-Varina, NC, USBirding at Hilltop-Needmore Park (North)
Saturday, JULY 25, 2026
Time: 8:30 to 10:30 am
4621 Shady Greens Drive, Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526
Leaders: (leaders include and David Southwick and Matt Florez
Free Bird Outing with Wake Audubon! Join us for a Wake Audubon bird outing at Hilltop-Needmore Park on the fourth Saturday of most months (check here for updates).
The walk is limited to 20 participants; the RSVP on Meetup opens July 1 at 7 am.We will meet at the lower end of the old Club House parking lot. Look for a "Bird Walk Here" sign. We will start promptly at 8:30 am regardless of the weather and should finish by 10:30 am.
Dress for the weather and be prepared to walk paved trails and occasionally on wet grassy fairways. There is some elevation change but we will not be moving quickly as we stop frequently for birds. No birding experience is necessary. Bring your binoculars and a bird guide if you have one. The walk is not recommended for children under 6. Please leave your pets at home.
Ebird hotspot site: https://ebird.org/hotspot/L16295752Let's Go Birding!
The Leader will make and share an ebird list and share it with your ebird account. Individual lists are discouraged because they duplicate the data, but you can edit your list once it's shared to you.13 attendees
Early Bird at Durant Nature Preserve, (Register offsite) 2026-0801
Durant Nature Preserve, 8305 Camp Durant Rd, Raleigh, NC 27614, Raleigh, NC, USEarly Bird at Durant Nature Preserve (registration required off Meetup)
Saturday, August 1, 2026, 8 am - 9:30 am
Register Off-site only: Requires a login and password:
Login FIRST at LOGINTHEN register for this free event at: https://ncraleighweb.myvscloud.com/webtrac/web/iteminfo.html?Module=AR&FMID=474631911
Or click on Search - Click on the green filter icon - and type EARLY BIRD in the Keyword Search.
Grab your binoculars and meet us at beautiful Durant Nature Preserve’s NORTH for a bird-watching hike led by Wake Audubon guest 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 NORTH at Durant Nature Preserve at the end of Camp Durant Road. You will receive an email from Raleigh Parks a day or two before. (There is also south entrance on Spottswood Drive but we will meet at the NORTH entrance on Camp Durant Road.)
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Past events
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