PBC is Soliciting Applications for its 2023 Minigrant Program

The PBC Minigrant Program provides an opportunity for the Club to invest in educational and conservation projects conducted by individuals or nonprofit organizations that promote the study and protection of birds and other natural resources in the Piedmont region of North Carolina. PBC awards minigrants up to $500, 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, 2022 for projects to be carried out in January – July, 2023. Click here for more information, including an Information Sheet with details about the program and the simple two-page application form.

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

Join Us

PBC Minigrant Program Recipients For 2019-2020

  • The River Landing Bird Club purchased and installed eight nest box baffles on the grounds of the River Landing retirement community at Sandy Ridge
  • The Adams Farm Christian Preschool used PBC minigrant funds to purchase four bird feeders, a bird bath, a feeding station pole, and bird seed
  • The Congregational United Church of Christ in Greensboro created a refugia garden to create awareness of the climate crisis and to provide food for birds, butterflies, and pollinators
  • A young individual used minigrant funds to purchase wildlife books for a project called “Rolling with Books” for the Craft Recreation Center in Greensboro
  • The Piedmont Young Birders, a teen birding club supported by PBC and the T. Gilbert Pearson Audubon Society, received a minigrant award to purchase hands-on birding education activities and promotional materials

For the full report, please click here or go to Reports--Activities

"2019 Best Birds" Report

George Wheaton has submitted his summary of unusual birds seen in Guilford County in 2019, along with his choice for Bird of the Year. To read "Guilford County's Best Birds - 2019" click here or visit Articles under the Reports menu above.

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
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)
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