The purpose of the Chapel Hill Bird Club is to provide engagement and educational opportunities for area birders of all experience levels. We offer interesting educational programs, local birding field trips, Christmas and spring bird counts, and connection to other members via a Facebook group. Members have access to like-minded people including experts who can answer your questions. Whether you watch birds in your yard or travel to the ends of the earth to chase rarities, our club offers something for you. We are a friendly group and welcome all to join us, especially new birders! Our members are mostly from the Triangle area of North Carolina: Chapel Hill, Durham, Raleigh, Cary, Pittsboro, and surrounding towns.
Membership and Donations
Annual dues are $25 per individual or family, or $10 if you're a student.
Dues go by calendar year, Jan 1 to Dec 31, so renewal season is coming up for continuing members. If you are a new member, you can join now and we'll credit your membership as being for 2025. To join the club, renew your membership, or make a donation, visit the membership and donation page.
Field Trips
We have bimonthly field trips from September through April, except during bird count seasons.
Check our online schedule for dates and times.
Meetings
We have monthly meetings from September through May (except December), generally on the fourth Monday of the month at 7:30pm. We are exploring holding hybrid meetings this season—in-person meetings with a Zoom option. As the night of the meeting approaches, please look for an announcement with the Zoom meeting link on the Chapel Hill Bird Club email list and Facebook page, and Carolinabirds.
In-person meetings are at 7:30 pm on the fourth Monday of the month at Binkley Baptist Church, in the Lounge. Binkley is at 1712 Willow Drive in Chapel Hill, at the intersection with 15-501 near University Mall (map with meeting room pinpointed). Visitors welcome! Come at 7:15 for light refreshments. We don't have a meeting in June, July, August, or December.
Speakers
Find the lineup of speakers for our 2024–2025 season on our speakers page.
Newsletter
Our newsletter is the Chapel Hill Bird Club Bulletin. Click to read the current (Fall 2024) issue. For past issue issues, visit our archives page below.
Club history and archives
Find past zoom meeting recordings, all of our newsletters since 1999, and an article on the first 50 years of the club on our archives page.
Counts and Lists
Bird counts, the Triangle Bird Checklist, and the Mini-BBS, it's all on the Counts and Lists page.
