PBC is Soliciting Applications for its 2024-25 Minigrant Program

The PBC Minigrant Program announces its 12th year of investing in educational and conservation projects that promote the study and protection of birds and other natural resources in the Piedmont region of North Carolina. Eligible projects are conducted by individuals, schools, or nonprofit organizations. PBC awards Minigrants up to $500 per project, based on a simple application process.

Minigrant projects can include a variety of activities, such as:
  • Bird boxes or birdhouses for a neighborhood park, school grounds, or other public area 
  • Sustainable native plantings to provide food and/or habitat for wildlife in a public space 
  • Educational materials for a class project, a scout badge, school or chuch nature club, etc. 

Applications are due December 6, 2024 for projects to be carried out in January – July, 2025. Click here for more information, including an Information Sheet with details about the program and the simple two-page application form.

In 2023-24, PBC minigrants were awarded to:

P.L.A.C.E (Public Lands for Agricultural and Community Enrichment)
Install Bluebird nest boxes and related educational signage at the County Farm

Friends Home West
Install Bluebird boxes and a Purple Martin house

Guilford County Extension Master Gardeners
Add a continuous flow bird watering station to the pond at their demonstration garden on Burlington Road

Scouts BSA Troop
Install Bluebird nest boxes at Northwest Guilford High School.

2024-25 PBC Yearbook Now Available

The annual PBC Yearbook contains a variety of information about the club and its activities, including the calendar of field trips, programs, and other events for the club's program year – August, 2024 through May, 2025. A link to the electronic edition of the Yearbook has been sent to club members through the PBC email listserv.

​Note: The Yearbook is only available to PBC members. Please consider joining to receive this and other benefits of membership. Click here to go to the Membership page.

2022 Christmas Bird Count Report

The first official Christmas Bird Count in Greensboro was held in December, 1941, making our 2022 count the 81st. Fifty-five birders took part in the count, putting in a total of 65 miles on foot and 299 miles by car. A total of 14,855 birds were counted, comprising 97 species – one of the largest total counts and species counts we’ve had in the last 25 years. For more details, including the complete count list, read the article here.

Beginner Bird Walk

Curious about what is flying overhead? On Wednesday, April 26, the Piedmont Bird Club is partnering with Greensboro Parks & Recreation and the Downtown Greenway for a leisurely walk through Morehead Park to learn all about the basics of birding. Gain valuable knowledge – and perhaps a new hobby – as you identify birds based on their colors, sounds, habitats, and more.

Time:  5:30 - 7:00 pm
Registration required: www.tinyurl.com/birdIDApril23

For more information, go to https://downtowngreenway.org/event/beginner-bird-id-walk/

2019-20 Yearbook Dedication

The dedication of the yearbook this year is in honor of a member who has contributed enormously to the natural world here in our area. This person has spent many years working for the protection of birds and other creatures, native plants, and the places they live. In particular, this member has focused on restoring and protecting natural habitats and enhancing their ecosystems to promote and protect biological biodiversity. The member we are honoring this year is Marie Poteat.

Marie has turned more than 70 acres of her property into a nature preserve by removing invasive nonnative plants and reintroducing native plants that are friendly to birds and other wildlife. She has filled her property with bird nesting boxes, including hosting a Chimney Swift tower constructed by the PBC.

As a consequence of her conservation work, her property, which is situated along the Deep River, attracts nearly all of the bird species commonly seen in our area either as breeders or in migration. On many occasions Marie has opened her private nature preserve to PBC and other nature groups for guided field trips. She’s frequently involved in PBC meetings and activities, and she participates in the Christmas Bird Count every year.

One of the primary purposes of the Piedmont Bird Club is to “promote the study and protection of birds and other natural resources.” Marie Poteat is an outstanding PBC member who lives her life to do just that. It’s very appropriate to honor her by dedicating the 2019-2020 Yearbook to her.

​Welcome to our New Members


  • Susan Stahl
  • Rick Priddy
  • Michelle, Jake, Hannah, Tessa, and Kaylie Welborn
  • Patricia and John Shoemaker
  • David Joslin
  • Debra Freeman and Lisa Jo Adornetto
  • Tom Gaffney
  • Matthew Davidson
  • Franklin and Celeste Stuart
  • Linda Wolfe
  • Aimee and Kendall Squires
  • Bev Vaughn and Ken Marion
  • Lori, Scott, and Ryan Combs and Lilly Boyd
  • Dalaina Brimecomb
  • Suzanne Trickey
  • Pat Carson

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PBC is Soliciting Applications for its 2024 Minigrant Program

The PBC Minigrant Program announces its 11th year of investing in educational and conservation projects that promote the study and protection of birds and other natural resources in the Piedmont region of North Carolina. Eligible projects are conducted by individuals, schools, or nonprofit organizations. PBC awards Minigrants up to $500 per project, based on a simple application process.

Minigrant projects can include a variety of activities, such as:
  • Bird boxes or birdhouses for a neighborhood park, school grounds, or other public area 
  • Sustainable native plantings to provide food and/or habitat for wildlife in a public space 
  • Educational materials for a class project, a scout badge, school or chuch nature club, etc. 

Applications are due December 5, 2023 for projects to be carried out in January – July, 2024. Click here for more information, including an Information Sheet with details about the program and the simple two-page application form.

62 years of Spring Bird Counts
​in Guilford County, NC


Thanks to the sustained commitment of Piedmont Bird Club volunteers, this report of the 1957-2018 span represents one of the longest consecutive Spring Bird Counts for any count circle in North Carolina. Access the report and the referenced Appendix 1 and 2 here
2019 Spring Count results can be found here

 Upcoming Activities for Spring/Summer 2020
Saturday, November 4 – Field Trip: Company Mill Preserve

Wednesday, November 8 – Field Trip: Greensboro Recycling Center Tour

Thursday, November 16 – Program: “Winging It: How Tree Swallows are Taking Over the World”

Saturday, November 18 – Field Trip: Guilford County Farm, Howerton Road

Saturday, December 2 – Field Trip: Audubon Natural Area

Thursday, December 7 – Social: Holiday Dinner & Members Photo Show

Saturday, December 16 – Citizen Science: Christmas Bird Count
PLEASE NOTE: Because of the COVID-19 outbreak, all Bird Club activities have been cancelled until further notice.


See PBC Calendar for complete information
Blue-gray gnatcatcher
Prothonotary Warbler from the Nat Greene Trailhead off Old Battleground Road, by Matt Wangerin (April 2020)
“North Carolina is a great place for birding. And the Piedmont Bird Club is a wonderful group of folks to bird with!”