Forsyth Audubon Society

Monthly Dinner at River Birch
2024-07-09 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | River Birch Lodge, 3324 Robinhood Rd, Winston-Salem, NC, United States
Forsyth Audubon monthly dinners take place on the second Tuesday of each month, 6PM, at River Birch Lodge on Robinhood Road. Group reservations are under “Forsyth Audubon”. There is no formal program, just fun conversation about birds, nature, conservation or any topic of the day. Come for a drink and/or a meal. Please submit your reservation on our website using the following link: https://forsythaudubon.org/dinner-reservations/
To be fair to the restaurant, we release tables not occupied by 6:30, so please arrive promptly. All are welcome, including experienced birders, new birders, family and friends.

Young Birders' Outing at Long Creek Park
2024-06-29 09:30 - 11:30 | Long Creek Park, 5801 Bethania Tobaccoville Road, Pfafftown, NC, 27040, United States
We’ll meet at the large shelter at the end of the parking lot. We recommend closed-toe shoes, water or juice, and snacks. All children must be accompanied by a responsible adult. This walk is geared towards young birders, but everyone is welcome to attend!

Monday Bird Outing
2024-06-24 08:00 - 10:00 | Long Creek Park, 5801 Bethania Tobaccoville Road, Pfafftown, NC, 27040, United States
Join outing leader Doug DeNeve at Long Creek Park. We hope to see many summer residents including Yellow Breasted Chat, Prairie Warbler, Summer and Scarlet Tanagers, maybe Orchard or Baltimore Orioles, and others.

Monthly Dinner at River Birch
2024-06-11 18:00 - 20:00 | River Birch Lodge, 3324 Robinhood Rd, Winston-Salem, NC, United States
Forsyth Audubon monthly dinners take place on the second Tuesday of each month, 6PM, at River Birch Lodge on Robinhood Road. Group reservations are under “Forsyth Audubon”. There is no formal program, just fun conversation about birds, nature, conservation or any topic of the day. Come for a drink and/or a meal. Please email forsythaudubon@gmail.com with your name and total number attending. To be fair to the restaurant, we release tables not occupied by 6:30, so please arrive promptly. All are welcome, including experienced birders, new birders, family and friends.

Second Saturday Bird Outing at Horizons Park
2024-06-08 08:00 - 10:00 | Horizons Park, 2835 Memorial Industrial School Road, Germanton, NC, 27019, United States
Join outing leader Alison Gagnon at Horizons Park.

Chapter Meeting - Cancelled
2024-05-28 18:30 - 20:30 | Highland Presbyterian Activity building, 2381 Cloverdale Avenue, Winston-Salem, NC, 27103, United States
Our May Chapter meeting has been cancelled – we look forward to resuming chapter meetings in the fall.

Young Birders' Outing at Miller Park
2024-05-25 09:30 - 11:30 | Miller Park, 2641 Queen St, Winston Salem, NC, 27103, United States
We will meet in the Queen Street parking lot. All are welcome, but this outing is especially for our young birders. Young birders must be accompanied by a responsible adult. You may bring snacks and water. Sturdy, closed-toe shoes recommended.

Advocacy Day
2024-05-22 | NC
Your voice matters! For the eighth year in a row, Audubon supporters will flock to Raleigh to advocate for concrete solutions that help birds and people alike. Click the link to receive resources and reminders in preparation for this important day.

Bird Outing at Yadkin Memorial Park
2024-05-20 10:00 - 12:00 | Yadkin Memorial Park, 1142 Crystal Lane, Yadkinville, NC, 27055, United States
Meet David Collins for a very special outing at Yadkin Memorial Park. We will walk the trails at the park starting at 10:00 AM. From there we will go to the Yadkin Cultural Arts Center to view David’s photography exhibit, and then enjoy a lunch together.

Book Club
2024-05-19 16:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future by Patty Krawec
Visit Winston-Salem local bookstore, Bookmarks, and use coupon code 20AUDUBON to receive 20% off online and in store.
https://www.bookmarksnc.org/forsyth-audubon%E2%80%99s-book-club
We will meet via Zoom. Email us at forsythaudubon.org for the zoom link.

Monthly Dinner at River Birch
2024-05-14 18:15 - 20:00, 2024-04-09 18:00 - 20:00 | River Birch Lodge, 3324 Robinhood Rd, Winston-Salem, NC, United States
Forsyth Audubon monthly dinners take place on the second Tuesday of each month, 6PM, at River Birch Lodge on Robinhood Road. Group reservations are under “Forsyth Audubon”. There is no formal program, just fun conversation about birds, nature, conservation or any topic of the day. Come for a drink and/or a meal. Please email forsythaudubon@gmail.com with your name and total number attending. To be fair to the restaurant, we release tables not occupied by 6:15, so please arrive promptly. All are welcome, including experienced birders, new birders, family and friends.

Second Saturday Bird Outing at Miller Park
2024-05-11 08:00 - 10:00 | Miller Park, 2641 Queen St, Winston Salem, NC, 27103, United States
Meet Outing Leaders Craig and Jane McCleary at the Queen Street Parking Lot for Miller Park. Miller Park is a great spot to be during spring migration.

Bird Outing
2024-05-02 15:00 - 16:30 | Yadkin Memorial Park, 1142 Crystal Lane, Yadkinville, NC, 27055, United States
Join us for a special bird outing at Yadkin Memorial Park. This outing will be led by Curtis Smalling of NC Audubon. Following the outing, we will head over to the Yadkin Cultural Arts Center for the opening of David Collins’ Photography Exhibit “Birds Through a Camera Lens.”

Chapter Meeting
2024-04-23 18:30 - 20:30 | Highland Presbyterian Activity building, 2381 Cloverdale Avenue, Winston-Salem, NC, 27103, United States
Please join us at our April chapter meeting to hear from Robin Davis on how small business sustainability efforts benefit birds, the environment and humans too. Davis is founder and CEO of Maxie B’s Bakery in Greensboro, NC. Davis won the 2022 Governor’s Award for North Carolina Business Conservationist of the Year. Last year Maxie B’s won the City of Greensboro’s #LiveGreen “Waste Not Award”. Davis and her team installed native plantings in front and behind the bakery in a strip mall on busy Battleground Avenue in Greensboro and now have birds nesting in the habitat they created. She is on the board of Piedmont Land Conservancy and T. Gilbert Pearson Audubon Society.
Social time begins at 6:30, program begins at 7:00 PM
Highland Presbyterian Church Activity Building – Across Cloverdale Avenue from Highland Presbyterian Church

Monday Bird Outing
2024-04-22 08:00 - 10:00 | Bethania Black Walnut Bottoms, 5393 Ham Horton Lane, Bethania, NC, 27010, United States
Join outing leaders Jean Chamberlain and Bernie Carr at Bethania Black Walnut Bottoms. We will meet in the parking lot of the Bethania Visitor Center. We hope to see spring migrants and summer residents, especially thrushes, tanagers, and warblers.

Book Club
2024-04-21 16:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
Join us on Zoom to discuss The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year by Margaret Renkl. Email forsythaudubon.org for the Zoom link. To receive a discount on your book purchase, visit local bookstore Bookmarks and use the code 20AUDUBON both online and in the store.

Piedmont Environmental Alliance Earth Day Fair
2024-04-20 10:00 - 16:00 | Winston Salem Fairgrounds
Come join Forsyth Audubon at our table and talk to people about birds! This is a fun community event every year, and a great way to help us spread the word about our organization and the work we do. Email us at forsythaudubon@gmail.com to sign up to volunteer.

Second Saturday Bird Outing
2024-04-13 08:00 - 10:00 | Reynolda, 144 Reynolda Village Way, Winston-Salem, 27106
Join outing leader Rob Rogers at Reynolda. Spring migration will be starting, and Reynolda is a great place to spot our spring migrants. We will meet in the lower parking lot of Reynolda Village nearest to the Lake Katherine boat house.

Chapter Meeting
2024-03-26 18:30 - 21:00 | Highland Presbyterian Activity building, 2381 Cloverdale Avenue, Winston-Salem, NC, 27103, United States
Please join us for our monthly chapter meeting, for a presentation by Forsyth Audubon member and photographer David Collins. David will present “Birds Through the Camera’s Eye,” including photos from his travels around North and South America. He will discuss various aspects of bird photography, and tell some stories!
We will begin our chapter meeting with an unveiling of the new Forsyth Audubon website. Please join us at 6:30 PM for pizza, snacks, and a celebration of wonderful Forsyth Audubon board member Jean Chamberlain who designed the new website.

Monday Bird Outing
2024-03-25 08:00 - 10:00 | Long Creek Park, 5801 Bethania Tobaccoville Road, Pfafftown, NC, 27040, United States
Join outing leader Ron Morris at Long Creek Park.

Young Birders Outing
2024-03-23 09:30 - 11:30 | Tanglewood Park Yadkin River Trail, 4061 Clemmons Road, Clemmons, NC, 27012, United States
Join outing leader Jesse Haaf at the Tanglewood Yadkin River Trail. Park in the gravel lot across from Skilpot Lake (follow the signs for the BMX track once you go through the park entrance – the trail begins on the road to the BMX track). Dress in layers for varying conditions as we normally are out around 2 hours. Children must be accompanied by an adult. This event is open to anyone, but is geared toward our young birders!

Bethabara Clean-up
2024-03-23 09:00 - 12:00 | Bethabara Wetlands, 3595 Reynolda Road, Winston-Salem, NC, 27106, United States
Come join in the fun of cleaning up at Bethabara Wetlands – Forsyth Audubon’s adopted area for Clean-Up. We often bird in that area taking pleasure in sighting Red-winged Blackbirds, Great Blue Heron, Green Heron, warblers during migration and even some rare visitors from the coast sometimes. Let’s keep the area free of plastic, styrofoam, and other trash that harms wildlife. Email forsythaudubon@gmail.com and let us know you are coming. A head count is needed as well as waivers need to be signed. There is a small area of Bethabara Lower Trails that also will be cleaned that day. Let us know if you would like to be part of that time, which will gather at 8:30 AM.

Book Club
2024-03-17 16:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
Join us on Zoom to discuss The Feminist Bird Club’s Birding for a Better World: A Guide to Finding Joy and Community in Nature by Milly Adams and Sydney Anderson. Email forsythaudubon@gmail.com for the Zoom link. Visit local Book store Bookmarks and use coupon code 20AUDUBON to receive 20% off online and in store.

Monthly dinner
2024-03-12 18:00 - 20:00 | River Birch Lodge, 3324 Robinhood Rd, Winston-Salem, NC, United States
Join us for our monthly dinner! We meet at 6:00 PM the second Tuesday of each month. Our group reservation is under Forsyth Audubon. There is no formal program, just a fun get together to share conversation about birds or anything else that comes up. Come for a drink and/or a meal. Let us know if you are planning to come by sending an email to forsythaudubon@gmail.com

Second Saturday Bird Outing
2024-03-09 18:00 | Muddy Creek – Robinhood Road entrance, 4600 Robinhood Road, Wiston-Salem, NC, 27106, United States
Join us for a special evening outing as we search for Woodcocks along Muddy Creek Greenway. Meet in the Robinhood Road parking lot for Muddy Creek Greenway.
