The Northwest Arkansas Audubon Society invites you to join us for the Spring Migration Bird Walk Series at Lake Fayetteville — casual, drop-in morning walks led by local birders at one of the best all-around birding hotspots in NWA. We'll be meeting every Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday from April 29 through May 17 to catch the peak of spring migration as warblers and other travelers pass through. Meet us at the North Shore Disc Golf Course parking lot (GPS: 36.13853, -94.13505) at 6:30 AM — no registration, no experience needed, just bring your binoculars and a sense of curiosity. We'd love to see you out there!
Route: The walks will generally be a slow 1-2 mile ramble on uneven dirt paths and mowed fields. The group will always head East from the parking lot via the tree line along the North side of the lake. Depending on timing and activity, we usually make it to somewhere near the ONSC Environmental Center before turning back towards the parking lot.
Drop in and out: If you arrive late, it should be pretty easy to connect with the group by following the shoreline trees East and looking for folks with binoculars. We’ll aim to return the parking lot by 8:30 AM by you can always leave earlier (or stay later) if desired.
eBird checklists: The leader for each walk will make an eBird checklist to document all the birds we see or hear. If you’d like to be included on the checklist, please share your email address or eBird username with the leader before you depart. Each checklist from this series will be summarized into an eBird Trip Report: https://ebird.org/tripreport/491308
Trip leaders: Remember to share each checklist with the eBird username nwarkaudubon to be added to the trip report.
If there’s heavy rain and/or lighting in the forecast for the morning, consider these trips cancelled. We won’t make any special announcement about cancellations, so use your best judgement.
Contact info for questions about the trip.
All Northwest Arkansas Audubon Society field trips are free and open to the public. We always welcome new members, but membership in NWAAS is not required for participation. We try to make our field trips accessible to everyone, all ages, abilities, interests. Beginning birders are always welcome. No pets please. We have field trips on Saturdays and Sundays to accommodate different schedules. We encourage carpooling where possible.
If you plan on attending a field trip, please RSVP to [email protected]. This helps us plan for attendance, communicate to participants last-minute, and manage attendance for trips with limited capacity.
For maps and more information about these places, check the Northwest Arkansas Audubon Society web site http://www.nwarkaudubon.org/ and the section “Places to bird in northwest Arkansas” (under Menu on upper left side of the home page).
If you are interested in being added to the NWAAS email list for updates on field trips and other society events, please send a message to: [email protected]. Some of the information on the trips below can change, so additional details & updates about trips are sent via the email prior to the announced date -- check the NWAAS Facebook page for the latest.