New Hope Bird Alliance (formerly New Hope Audubon Society) is a local chapter of National Audubon for Durham, Orange, and northern Chatham counties and we maintain close ties with Audubon NC. To find out more about why we changed our name from New Hope Audubon and the process we used, check out this link: New Hope Bird Alliance.
Items of special interest
CALENDAR OF EVENTS web page to keep informed about upcoming events including bird outings.
FIELD NOTES BLOG to be sure to keep up with the latest posts.
BIRD COUNT CHARTS web page to explore our historical data going back to 1977 for both our Spring and Christmas Bird Counts.
VOLUNTEER web page for ways you can help and fill out our updated Volunteer Form to tell us about your interests.
MEETING RECORDINGS web page for recordings of past membership meetings via Zoom.
Announcements
Our next NHBA meeting is January 2, 2025 at 7 pm. Our speaker will be Josh Dominicali from Leaf & Limb, topic is “Trees in the Ecosystem.” This will be a hybrid meeting; in person at the Joslin Classroom of the North Carolina Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill with a Zoom option. Register to attend via Zoom. If you have already registered to attend a previous meeting, it is not necessary to do so again.
NHBA is committed to supporting land acquisition and restoration that helps protect and preserve or restore wildlife habitat in North Carolina, focusing on property in its territory. As such, NHBA is funding a grant for up to $5,000 to be awarded by Jan 31, 2025. The project should support land conservation or restoration. The current grant application period is open from November 8 through November 29, 2024. For specifics of the grant and to complete a form, please see this link.
The NHBA field trip to the Outer Banks over the Martin Luther King weekend, January 17-20, 2025 is now full. If you would like to be put on the waiting list, email David Anderson at [email protected] with your request.
New Hope Bird Alliance is selling Protect Aerial Insectivores t-shirts to help fundraise for activities conserving and promoting chimney swifts, purple martins and other aerial insectivores. NHBA has started a campaign with Bonfire where you can purchase a t-shirt or hoodie in multiple colors and sizes.
