Chapel Hill Bird Club Field Trips
Saturday morning trips leave the Glen Lennox parking lot (on the north side of 54 just east of the intersection with 15-501 in Chapel Hill) [map] at 7:30 am sharp and return by noon. Reservations are not necessary. Beginners and visitors are welcome! Bring binoculars, boots (or old tennis shoes), a scope if you've got one, and be prepared for a hike. Trips are cancelled in the event of heavy rain. Contact Doug Shadwick (919-942-0479, dougshadwick@nc.rr.com) for more details.
Spring Bird Count season begins [more info]
Summer Break - no scheduled field trips
Falls/Jordan Lake shorebird field trips
If there is a drought this summer, local lake levels will drop to a level where a few shorebirds, etc. are stopping by on their southern migration. If this happens, field trips for the Chapel Hill Bird Club will resume starting in early August with a destination of Falls Lake or Jordan Lake to search the mudflats. The trips may leave at 7:00 instead of 7:30 to beat the heat and may entail walking several miles over railroad beds, stone embankments, fields of wet sedge and marsh grass and possibly soft mud and water. Please dress appropriately with attention paid to spending several hours in the sun and the possibility of tick and insect attacks. These field trips will be of longer duration than is typical - return to cars may be noon or later. As is usual for these field trips, binoculars are a must have and spotting scopes are highly desirable. Photographic equipment is optional. Also, please plan to pack water and snacks for your self. It will almost surely be hot and humid as the morning progresses with little shade relief on the lake banks and mudflats.
Regular local field trips resume
Christmas Bird Count season begins [more info]