Greetings from Wild Bird & Garden
At Wild Bird & Garden, we strive to provide quality bird and nature products and to provide environmental education to Wilmington, NC and surrounding areas. Through employee knowledge and store sponsored nature programs, we can give you advice on how to make your backyard a bird-friendly oasis!
Airlie Gardens Bird Walks
Join us the second Wednesday of each month for a Bird Walk at Airlie Gardens. Airlie Gardens has wonderful bird habitat including marsh, fresh water ponds, wooded habitat and open lawns. Stop by Wild Bird & Garden to pick up FREE admission passes for this month's Bird Walk. Regular admission is $5 or free for Airlie members. For more information give us a call at 910 343 6001.
Upcoming Programs
News
New Bird Walks
Smith Creek Park
New Hanover County's newest Park
Join us for these FREE Bird Walks
June 20
August 15
October 17
These bird walks will be held the third Wed. of every other month. From 8:00 til 9:30 a.m.
Website Updated and Maintained by Wild Bird & Garden (wildbirdgardeninc@gmail.com)
Wild Bird & Garden 2nd Annual Photography Contest
Thank you to all who participated! Click here to view the winners and entries for the 2011 Wild Bird & Garden Photography Contest.
Click here to see entries from 2010.
Join us on FACEBOOK just look for Wild Bird Garden
Going Green Magazine
Check out the newest issue of Going Green Magazine. Get your FREE copy at Wild Bird & Garden today!
Have friends in faraway places? Don't forget we have an online store! Click "Shop WB+G!" above to shop online.
New Windchimes in Stock! Stop by to see our new selection of windchimes from Woodstock Percussion
Kayak Birding Adventures
Masonboro Island Wednesday, May 23, meet at Wild Bird & Garden at 7:15 a.m. be back at the boat landing at 12 p.m.
Cape Fear River/River Road Sunday, June 3, meet at Wild Bird & Garden at 7:30 a.m., be back at the boat landing at 11:30 a.m.
Smith Creek Sunday, July 22, meet at Wild Bird & Garden at 7:30 a.m., be back at the boat launch at 11:30 a.m.
Lockwood Folly Sunday, August 12, meet at Wild Bird & Garden at 7:15 a.m., be back at the boat launch at 12 p.m.
These Kayak Birding Tours are in conjunction with kayak guide company Mahanaim Adventures. All boats, life jackets and paddles will be provided by Mahanaim Adventures. The cost of each trip is $40 per person and space is limited to 10 people per trip. Please call 910-343-6001 or stop by Wild Bird & Garden to sign up for any of these amazing trips! The trips are open to any skill level and will be a great opportunity to explore our area's birds.
Native Plant Sale with Growing Wild Nursery
Saturday, May 12, 2012 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Location: Wild Bird & Garden
We are very excited to be bringing you another plant sale this year. In conjuction with Growing Wild Nursery, we will be offering this plant sale in order to bring you native plants that ensure a variety of wildlife in your yard. Adding these plants to my backyard have brought me a great variety of birds including Baltimore Orioles, Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, Eastern Bluebirds and American Robins-Jill Wild Bird & Garden.
All About Warblers Workshop
Saturday, May 19, 2012 9:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Location: Temptations Everyday Gourmet. Just six doors down the sidewalk from Wild Bird & Garden.
Southeastern NC is a great place to see a variety of warblers. Join us as Dr. James Parnell discusses how to identify warblers. He will also discuss warbler migration habits and their preferred habitats!
Hummingbird Workshop
Saturday, May 12, 2012 9:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Location: Temptations Everyday Gourmet. Just six doors down the sidewalk from Wild Bird & Garden.
Join Hummingbird Specialist and NC Museum of Natural Sciences affiliate, Susan Campbell, at our Hummingbird workshop in order to learn more about these fascinating winged jewels! Susan has been banding and tagging hummingbirds for a number of years, as well as studying and documenting the behavior of this species.
LakeFest !!!
Presented by Cape Fear River Watch
May 21, 2012
10 a.m.
We will be hosting several bird walks at Greenfield Lake for this year's LakeFest.
The walks will be for 20 mins each and start at
10:30 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
12:30 p.m.
We will meet by the Boat House
(where the paddle boats are kept).
For more information about LakeFest, click HERE
