by admin | Jun 16, 2018 | Birding, Birding in Boilin Forest, Bolin Creek Watershed, Bolin Forest, Can We Heal Our Local Waterways?, Carolina North, Conservation
Join your neighbors and friends and attend the community meeting to answer questions about the planned clearcut of this amazing forest, and to learn more about best forestry practices. PH Craig Property and the Future of Bolin Forest 7:00 – 9:00 pm Thursday,...
by admin | Jan 8, 2016 | Birding in Boilin Forest, Bolin Creek Watershed, Bolin Creek Wildlife, Bolin Forest
My favorite discovery on moving here years ago, given I’m a transplanted Philadelphian, has been Bolin Creek. Its upper reaches, between Homestead Road and Estes Drive, offers the most beautiful and contrasting landscape. Here, you will find beaver swamps, Beech-tree...
by admin | Mar 26, 2013 | Birding, Birding in Boilin Forest, Bolin Creek Wildlife, Bolin Forest, Friends of Bolin Creek
Birders from Friends of Bolin Creek and New Hope Audubon were rewarded on our March 3 bird walk with several sightings of the pileated woodpecker — on the ground pecking ants in old logs. Mary Sonis took this photo of the pileated on a tree in 2012. ...
by admin | Feb 25, 2013 | Birding in Boilin Forest
Join the first Friends of Bolin Creek Event this Spring, Sunday, March 3, 8 – 10 am for a Bird Walk in Carolina Forest with Bo Howes of New Hope Audubon Society, and Triangle Land Conservancy. (Click on the links to learn more about these fine organizations.)...
by admin | Dec 25, 2012 | Birding, Birding in Boilin Forest
It was a windy overcast day. It was not a good birding day. The sun wouldn’t shine on the trees, but the birds didn’t care if it wasn’t the day for pictures. They were feeling the change in the air…and they were hungry. Mason Farm was besieged...
by admin | Mar 10, 2011 | Birding in Boilin Forest, Bolin Forest, Carrboro Citizen
From the Carrboro Citizen Mill, By Mary Parker Sonis Now is the time for sighting pileated woodpeckers in the Bolin Creek Forest. The branches are bare of leaves and the largest woodpecker in North America can be seen daily, excavating new roost cavities and chiseling...
