Birding at the NC Museum of Art, Ann & Jim Goodnight Museum Park 2025-0510

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.pdf

Turn 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!