Birding NC Museum of Art, Goodnight Park 2026-0808

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

Second Saturday of the month: AUGUST 08, 2026, 8:00 to 9:30 AM
RSVP opens August 1 at 7 am.
NC Museum of Art's Welcome Center: (Ann and Jim Goodnight Museum Park), 1950 Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh.
Meet near the Welcome Center (near the tall brick smokestack ) at the SOUTHERN end of the parking lot.
Leader is **Lynn Erla Beegle, Optmystc1@gmail.com**
Habitat includes field, forest, and pond, native plants, and outdoor art.
We will shorten the walk for August: main trail (now open) to pond, then Upper Meadow Trail).
Note: Anyone who has low mobility is welcome to join us, even if the 25-birder limit has been reached. The birding will be MOSTLY on paved trails Length is about 1 mile, in 90 minutes . Limit is technically 25 birders, but it is a public park.
(For low-mobility birders: Turn LEFT as you enter the NCMA via Reedy Creek road, then park all the way down the hill in the employee parking. Use your handicap placard to park. Then it is a short slope to the pond. We will met you at the pond between 8:30 and 9:00. **Please text/call me at 919-673-6136 if you are meeting us at the pond instead of at the Park Visitor Center.)

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 (southern 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!