NABA Butterfly Count (CSRV, Aiken County, SC)
Silver Bluff Audubon Sanctuary 4542 Silver Bluff Road, Jackson, SC, United StatesOn Saturday, July 6, 2024, NABA (North American Butterfly Association) will hold a butterfly count in the CSRV (Central Savannah River Valley) at the Silver Bluff Audubon Center in Jackson, South Carolina. Audubon’s Silver Bluff Sanctuary is a 3,400-acre woodland overlooking the Savannah River. Here you’ll find extensive pine forests and bottomland hardwood forests; beautiful […]
NABA Count – Congaree National Park (Hopkins, SC)
Congaree National Park 100 National Park Rd, Hopkins, SCOn Saturday, July 20, 2024, the Midlands Chapter of CBS (Carolina Butterfly Society) will participate in a NABA (North American Butterfly Association) count at Congaree National Park near Columbia, South Carolina, to look for mid-season butterflies. Meet at the Harry Hampton Visitor Center (GPS coordinates 33.82984, -80.82343) where we will divide into smaller groups. Some […]
Gum Swamp Road (Jackson, SC)
Kathwood Lakes (meeting location for Gum Swamp Road) 33.33728. -81.84345This is a CBS Midlands Chapter outing to areas near Aiken, South Carolina, to look for the Texan Crescent, Tawny Emperor, Hackberry Emperor and other summer butterflies. Please note that this event is on Sunday, where we will drive along Gum Swamp Road and stop at various locations along the road to explore areas of […]
Southern 8ths Farm (Chesterfield, SC)
Southern 8ths Farm Learning Center 34.79584, -80.15313This is a full CBS field trip that will be to a new location for us in northeast South Carolina, almost to the state line with North Carolina. We will meet our host, Brad Turley, at the GPS coordinates listed below at 9:00 AM. Southern 8ths is located in an area of convergence, where the […]
Marie Poteat’s Property (Jamestown, NC)
Marie Poteat's Property - Guilford County, NC 1111 Bales Chapel Rd, Jamestown, NC, United StatesThe Triad Chapter of CBS will hold a butterfly walk on Saturday, August 17 to Marie Poteat’s property in Jamestown, NC. Of all the triad butterfly reports this year, Maries by far have had the most butterflies. In large part, this is because Marie has spent years reintroducing caterpillar host plants and butterfly nectar plants […]
SI Group Hundred Acre Woods – Goatweed Leafwing (Orangeburg, SC)
SI Group 725 Cannon Bridge Road, Orangeburg, SC, United StatesOn Saturday, September 7, 2024, the Midlands Chapter of CBS (Carolina Butterfly Society) will hold a butterfly walk at the SI Group Hundred Acre Woods in Orangeburg, South Carolina, to look for the Goatweed Leafwing (we believe there is an existing, ongoing colony) and other fall butterflies. There will be a short drive on an […]
NABA Count – Congaree National Park (Hopkins, SC)
Congaree National Park 100 National Park Rd, Hopkins, SCOn Saturday, September 14, 2024, the Midlands Chapter of CBS (Carolina Butterfly Society) will participate in a NABA (North American Butterfly Association) seasonal count at Congaree National Park near Columbia, South Carolina, to look for mid to late-season butterflies. Meet at the Harry Hampton Visitor Center (GPS coordinates 33.82984, -80.82343) where we will divide into […]
Triad Chapter Coordinator’s Home Pollinator Garden (Forsyth County)
Bernyce & Howard's Home Pollinator Garden 4123 Willmeade Drive, Winston-Salem, NC, United StatesThe Triad Chapter of CBS will hold a butterfly walk on Saturday, September 14 to the Triad Chapter coordinator's home pollinator garden in Winston-Salem, NC. Please bring water, and, if you have them, a butterfly field guide, binoculars and a camera. If you want to join in on this butterfly walk, you must register, either […]
Bio Way Farm & Tall Pines WMA (Ware Shoals & Cleveland, SC)
Bio Way Farm 197 Bio Way, Ware Shoals, SC, United StatesSaturday September 21, 2024 – Bio Way Farm We will meet at Bio Way Farm at 9:00 AM and explore until around 3:00 PM. The address is 197 Bio Way, Ware Shoals, SC 29692 (or GPS coordinates 34.46988, -82.25832). The GPS coordinates for the driveway entrance on Bio Way are 34.47029, -82.25867. We will walk […]
Mount Mitchell SP, Commissary Road Trail (Burnsville, NC)
Mount Mitchell SP Meeting Location in Asheville 96 Holland Street, Asheville, NC, United StatesThis will be the first field trip for the newly created Western NC Chapter! Attendees will meet at 11:00 am at 96 Holland Street, Asheville, 28801 (GPS coordinates 35.60645, -82.55455) and carpool to the Tourist Information Center at Mount Mitchell State Park (MOMI). The drive from Asheville to MOMI takes about an hour, mostly on […]