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Member’s Photo Program Needs Your Photos
Who: Members Photos and Social
What: December Program
When: 7 p.m., Thursday Dec. 8
Where: Kathleen Clay Edwards Family (KCEF) Branch Library, in Price Park, 1420 Price Park Drive, Greensboro,
Join us on Thursday, Dec. 8, for nature photos and delicious holiday desserts and beverages to start this festive season with fellowship and calories.
Our social committee will provide the food, and those clever members who can take beautiful pictures will provide the entertainment. This program always is a great hit for our holiday gathering. For this to happen, though, we need your photos!
Here’s all you have to do: Select a batch of your nature photos from 2016 and share with us what you’ve seen. Not many of our members are professional photographers so don't worry if Audubon Magazine hasn’t been knocking on your door for your photos. Amateurs are welcome. We just want to see what natural wonders you’ve seen this year.
Topics can be just about anything in nature such as birds, butterflies and other insects, native wildflowers, beautiful scenery, rock formations, weather events, and so on. Use your imagination.
We also will welcome photos of members enjoying Audubon activities like field trips, Second Sunday Nature Walks, Audubon Natural Area maintenance days, and our Earth Day celebration. No general travel and family photos, please, but you don’t have to limit yourself to local photos. You can show us what nature you saw on vacation!
You can bring as few as you like up to about two dozen. Be sure to bring them on a flash drive (thumb drive or “memory stick”). We cannot accommodate on-line photos, CDs & DVDs, or switching between our computer and your computer.
RSVP: Please let our photo show coordinator, Dennis Burnette, deburnette@triad.rr.com, know how many photos you plan to bring by Tuesday evening, Dec. 6, so that we can plan how to organize our great evening of photos.
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Enjoy a Stroll Where History Was Made Near Greensboro
What: Second Sunday Nature Walk
When: 2-5 p.m., Dec.. 11
Where: Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
Carpooling: Meet at 1:45 p.m. in front of Whole Foods at Friendly Center beneath the Sears sign facing Friendly Avenue
 You’re invited to join Audubon members for a trip to the site of a famous Revolutionary War battle. In March of 1781, Major General Nathanael Greene’s troops fought the English Lieutenant General Cornwallis near Guilford Courthouse.
Although the American colonists were defeated, they inflicted so much damage to the British troops that, seven months later, the weakened force was unable to withstand General George Washington’s army at Yorktown.
In addition to its important historical significance, the park contains a variety of habitats that provide homes for wildlife and native plants. Well-maintained paths take us through open fields, hardwood forests, and stands of pines. Bring binoculars to spot the many species of birds that can be found in the park.
To carpool, meet in front of Whole Foods at Friendly Center beneath the Sears sign facing Friendly Avenue so that we can leave by 2 p.m. If you want to meet at the site, gather in front of the Visitors Center by 2:15 p.m.
Photo of Gen. Greene statue at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park by Dennis Burnette
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National Audubon's 117th Christmas Bird Count
The National Audubon Society's Christmas Bird Count, an event many birders look forward to all year, is this month!
 Nationally, Audubon has set the count period as Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, through Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017. Many years ago, before there was an Audubon chapter in our area, the Piedmont Bird Club (PBC) began sponsoring the count locally. PBC will conduct Audubon’s 117th annual Christmas Bird Count in Guilford County on Saturday, Dec. 17. Many members of our Audubon chapter will participate.
The Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is a long-standing program of the National Audubon Society, with well over 100 years of citizen science involvement. Thousands of volunteers across the US, Canada and many countries in the Western Hemisphere, go out over a 24-hour period on one calendar day within the count period to count birds.
Our local count, as with each Christmas Bird Count, takes place in an established 15-mile diameter circle, and is organized by a PBC count compiler. Volunteers count within a designated sector of the circle, counting every bird they see or hear all day. As National Audubon describes the count, “it's not just a species tally; all birds are counted all day, giving an indication of the total number of birds in the circle that day.”
Some teams need new counters for all or part of the day, and beginning birders are welcome. There will be at least one experienced birder on the team. Some teams conduct the count mostly riding through the territory, while others do the count mostly walking…or a combination of approaches. It depends on the team assignment.
It’s wise to dress in layers for the weather. If you have them, bring binoculars and a field guide. You also may want to bring a snack and something to drink, maybe even a hot beverage.
For more information or to sign up for the CBC, contact PBC’s Elizabeth Link, 336-273-4672, elizlink04@gmail.com.
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Beautiful Day on the A&Y
 On Sunday, Nov. 13, eight people strolled along the A&Y Greenway from Bur-Mil Park south to the Weaver Bridges for Pearson Audubon's monthly Second Sunday Nature Walk. The fall colors were a beautiful sight along the shores of Lake Brandt.
From the bridges, participants saw Great Bue Herons, Mallards, Buffleheads and a Belted Kingfisher. Along the walk they also heard Brown-headed Nuthatches, which is not a surprise because pine trees surrounded the trail.
Photo of A&Y walk participants by Lynn Allison
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Help Us to Continue Conservation Locally and Across the United States
170 species that breed, nest, migrate or winter in North Carolina are at risk. You can help these birds survive by supporting programs right here in North Carolina. Brown-headed Nuthatches, American Oystercatchers, Golden-winged Warblers and hundreds of other species need your help.
There are many ways you can help birds throughout North Carolina.
- Audubon North Carolina's goal this year is to raise $50,000 by Dec. 31, 2016, to further the work needed to protect North Carolina’s birds in the coming year. To learn more and to donate, click here. Or, mail a check to Audubon North Carolina, 400 Silver Cedar Court, Suite 240, Chapel Hill, NC 27514.
- To give to our T. Gilbert Pearson Audubon chapter, maill a check to TGPAS, P.O. Box 10157, Greensboro, NC 27404.
- Why not share your love for birds with a gift of Annual Audubon Membership for family and friends. Simply click on the link Join. Within weeks the award-winning Audubon magazine will arrive plus news from our local chapter.You can donate to the National Audubon Society when you click here
All donations support the conservation of birds and bird habitat at local, state, and national levels. And all donations are tax deductible – something many people think about at the end of the year before tax season approaches. |
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