2017: 100 NC counties
January :
coastal : Dare, Hyde, Currituck, Tyrell, Camden, Pasquotank, Perquimans, southern border: Robeson, Hoke, Scotland, Cumberland, Union, Lincoln
Union County : Cane Creek Park
Mecklenburg County : Colonel Francis Beatty Park
Robeson and Scotland day trip:
Stop 1 : Lumber River State Park, Chalk Banks Entrance, – Scotland County 34.898905, -79.354884
Stop 2 : Lumber River State Park, Princess Ann Entrance, – Robeson County, 2819 Princess Ann Rd, Orrum, NC 28369
Lincoln county trip:
Cumberland and Hoke Day trip:
Stop 1 : Gordon Butler Nature Preserve – Cumberland County
Park at gate and walk in. It is landlocked.
Stop 2 : Calloway Forest Preserve – Hoke County
Tyrell, Dare, and Hyde with CBC. Currituck side trip. ,
Pettigrew State Park (Washington County) on the way there:
Do not depend on GPS to locate the park office. The following directions will get you to the main access of the park. From HWY 64 take exit 558 and follow the signs for approximately 8 miles to the park office. You are not required to travel any dirt roads to reach the park office.
On the way back,
Camden, Pasquotank and Perquimans:
Stop 1 : Dismal State Swamp – Camden County
Stop 2 : Dismal State Swamp – Pasquotank County
Stop 3 : Perquimans County
February :
Stokes, Rockingham, Granville, Vance, Warren, Franklin, Rowan, Davidson
Stokes and Rockingham day trip:
Stop 1 : Hanging Rock State Park – Stokes County
Stop 2 : Mayo River State Park – Rockingham County
Granville, Vance, Warren, Franklin overnight trip
Stop 1 : Granville Athletic Park – Granville County
Stop 2 : Satterwhite Point, Kerr Lake – Vance County
Stop 3 : Kimball Point, Kerr Lake – Warren County
Davidson, Rowan day trip :
Stop 1 : Boone Cave State Park – Davidson County
Stop 2 : Catawba College Ecological Preserve – Rowan County
Sampson – Pondberry Woods Preserve
3hr
March :
Caswell, Person, Stanly
Caswell and Person day trip, after March 1
Stanly County:
Morrow Mountain State Park – Fall Mountain Trail
Duplin – Cabin Lake County Park
3hr 51m – only open Thurs – Sun after March 1
April :
Forsyth, Guilford, Alleghany – Carolina Bird Club trips
Graham, Cherokee, Clay, Macon, last week – southern mountain counties like Rutherford, Jackson, Swain, Polk, Transylvania, Henderson. 3-4 day trip
May :
first two weeks – northern and higher elevation counties : Watauga, Avery, Ashe, Wilkes, Burke, McDowell, Caldwell ; later weeks: Gates, Halifax, Northampton, Martin, Bertie, Hertford?, Chowan?
2 weekend trips
June :
Buncombe, Yancy, Madison, Haywood, Mitchell; Southern coastal counties: Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Onslow, Carteret, Craven, Jones
2 weekend trips
July :
Johnston, Moore (Weymouth Woods Nature Preserve), Harnett (Raven Rock SP – site listed in Birding North Carolina Project)
August :
mid-August till Sept, more coastal
September :
finish coast, Pitt, Beaufort, Pamlico
October :
Chatham, Wake, Durham, Orange, Catawba, Alexander
1 weekend trip
November :
Anson, Richmond (PDNWR)
December :
Not yet planned:
Alamance – sites listed in Birding North Carolina Project – Cedarock Park
2 hr 18m
Cabarrus
Cleveland
Davie
Edgecombe – Tarboro Riverfront Park
3hr 46m
Gaston
Greene – La Moye Park
3 hr 40 m
Iredell
Lee
Lenoir – Neuseway Nature Park
4hr 3min
Montgomery – Uwharrie NF
Nash –
Tar River Battle Park
Randolph – Uwharrie NF
Surry
Wayne – Cliffs of the Neuse SP
3 hr 43m
Wilson – Lake Wilson
3hr 36m
Yadkin
Franklin County
Stop 4 : Dehart Botanical Gardens – Franklin County