Field Trips

Meet at Kathwood Ponds at 8 am to carpool.  This should be the height of migration, and we will look for them all.  Landing Rd can be a fantastic place for migrating birds.  Trip will last until around noon.

Details to come

Please join us for the annual Volunteer Appreciation Lunch at the Silver Bluff Audubon Sanctuary.  Let's thank our volunteers for all they do!  Burgers, hot dogs and water will be provided.  Please bring a dish/item to share.

We will meet at 9 am at the swimming hole parking area.  There is a small charge to enter the park.  This is a naturalist field trip with a primary focus on dragonflies.  Aiken State Park is a the best … Read More

Meet at the Silver Bluff Audubon Sanctuary Visitor Center at 9:00 am.  Bring your own food and drinks.  Stay as long as you want.  This will go into the late afternoon.

Meet at 7:00 am (early start to beat the heat) to walk around the Kathwood Ponds to look for wood storks, waders, and shorebirds.  We might find a night heron or spoonbill.  If there is interest, we might carpool to … Read More

Please join us for Storks and Corks!!!  This is an annual fundraiser for the Silver Bluff Audubon Sanctuary.  See the Silver Bluff Audubon Sanctuary Facebook page post and link to purchase tickets online.

Drive around Phinizy Swamp NP looking for post-breeding dispersal birds.  This is a Phinizy trip and there is a $10 charge.  Please register for this on the Phinizy website Wading Bird Guided Drive/Hike - Phinizy Center for Water Sciences

Meet at Popeye's at Walton Way and Gordon Highway in Augusta to carpool at 8 am.  We will drive and walk the road looking for early Fall arrivals and summer residents.

Meet at the ponds at 8 am to walk around the ponds and along the road looking for Fall migrants.

Meet at Kathwood Ponds at Silver Bluff Audubon Sanctuary at 8 am to carpool to the road.  We will drive and walk along the road but will spend most of our time along the dirt portions.

This is a Phinizy Swamp NP hike.  There is a $10 for the hike.  Please register on the Phinizy Swamp website for this event.

We will meet at the Visitor Center at the Silver Bluff Audubon Sanctuary at 9 am to walk the 3 mile Quail Trail looking for winter arrivals.

Meet at Popeye's at Walton Way and Gordon Highway in Augusta to carpool at 9 am.  We will drive and walk looking for winter arrivals.

Meet at Kathwood Ponds at Silver Bluff Audubon Sanctuary at 9 am to carpool.  We will drive and walk the road looking for winter residents.

If you would like to participate in the Augusta CBC, please contact birdercroakie@gmail.com.

Meet at the Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive parking area at 9 am.  We will carpool around the 4 mile drive looking for waterfowl, eagles, and woodland birds.  Bring a lunch and we'll eat along the way.