Birding NCMA Park, 2026-1010

About this event

**Birding at the NC Museum of Art, Ann & Jim Goodnight Museum Park** **Second Saturday of the month: OCTOBER 10, 2026, 8:00 to 9:30 AM** **RSVP opens September 30th at 8 pm.** NC Museum of Art's **Welcome Center:** (Ann and Jim Goodnight Museum Park), **1950 Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh**. Meet near the park **Welcome Center** **(near the tall brick smokestack )** at the SOUTHERN end of the parking lot. Leader is **Lynn Erla Beegle, Optmystc1@gmail.com** Habitat includes field, forest, and pond, native plants, and outdoor art. Path: ***main trail (now open) to pond, then Upper Meadow Trail.*** Note: Anyone who has **low mobility** is welcome to join us, even if the 25-birder limit has been reached. The birding will be MOSTLY on paved trails Length is about 1 mile, in 120 minutes . Limit is technically 25 birders, but it is a public park. (**For low-mobility birders:** Turn LEFT as you enter the NCMA via Reedy Creek road, then park all the way down the hill in the employee parking. ***Use your handicap placard to park.*** Then it is a short slope to the pond. **We will met you at the pond between 8:30 and 9:00. \*\*Please text/call me at 919-673-6136 if you are meeting us at the pond instead of at the Park Visitor Center.)** More information on the North Carolina Museum of Art website: [https://park.ncartmuseum.org/](https://park.ncartmuseum.org/) Map of the 164-acre Museum Park: [https://park.ncartmuseum.org/assets/pdf/Park-Map-Web.pdf](https://park.ncartmuseum.org/assets/pdf/Park-Map-Web.pdf) **Turn RIGHT when you enter via Reedy Creek Road entrance for the NC Museum of Art.** Meet in upper parking lot close to the big smokestack and Welcome Center (southern end of the main lot). **Look for people with binoculars.** Restrooms at Welcome Center are open and handicap accessible. Admission to the Art Museum is free; opens at 10. *Backpacks, binoculars, and long-lens cameras are not allowed in the museum, but they have free lockers to stow these items.* = = = = =…