Augusta-Aiken Audubon Society

06/03/2026

Join us on Friday, June 26th for a social at Good Girl Brewing Co.! Drop in anytime from 6:30-8:30 to talk all things birdy 🙂

05/23/2026

5 people came to Crackerneck at the crack of dawn today to bird the property for our Wings and Things outting. It was cloudy and humid but we still managed 49 species of birds with great looks at Great-crested Flycatchers, Summer Tanager, Acadian Flycatcher, Eastern Wood-Pewee, both buntings, Blue Grosbeak, Prothonotary Warbler and more. We even had a few dragonflies and a number of butterflies including multiple Pipevine Swallowtails, Texan Crescents, Little Wood Satyr and Twin-spotted Skipper as well as some common species.

In addition we had several flowers and some really cool fungi. It was a fun trip!

05/06/2026

Interesting migration information about a Florida swallow-tailed kite with a tracking device.

04/27/2026

Here are the rest of the field trips for this year.

July 25-Storks and Kites. Meet at the Kathwood Ponds at Silver Bluff at 8am. We will scan the lowered ponds for shorebirds and waders. There should be plenty of Storks on hand and we often get Roseate Spoonbills this time of year. We will then drive up the road to Jackson to look for Swallow-tailed Kites.

Sept 9-Crackerneck WMA. Meet at the gate on Brown Rd in Jackson, SC at 8am. This is a Wings and Things naturalist trip and we will be looking at everything. We should be done by 1 or 2 pm.

Oct 17-Lover’s Lane-meet at Popeye’s at Gordon Hwy snd Walton Way at 8am. We will drive to Lover’s Lane looking for fall migrants.

Nov 14-Tanager Trail. Meet at the Kathwood Ponds at 8am. We will walk the Tanager Trail starting at the new Kathwood Spur looking for winter arrivals.

Dec 5-Phinizy Swamp NP-meet in the parking lot at 8am and we will walk around the cells looking for winter residents.

Dec 19-Augusta CBC

04/17/2026

Breeding season has arrived, timeagain for…

04/09/2026

I never thought of it this way…

04/06/2026

ARCI and Orleans Audubon Society are tracking Swallow-tailed Kites as they return to their breeding grounds. See the latest blog to find out where the aerial research team is today: https://www.arcinst.org/wp/wp-admin/post.php?post=18669&action=edit

Swallow-tailed Kites continue to return to the Southeast, but some are already nesting. Help us gain knowledge on nest success by joining the "Eyes on Kites" program to monitor nest behavior: https://www.arcinst.org/eyes-on-kites/

Reminder to join us April 10 at the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse for a special screening of "Tracking Kites" produced by Palm Beach County Department of Environmental Resources Management: https://www.facebook.com/reel/974047898384942

We thank the many organizations and funding sources that make these tracking studies possible:
West Volusia Audubon , Parkside Elementary, Palm Beach Zoo , National Fish and Wildlife Foundation , Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program , Friends of Florida Panther Refuge, Friends of Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge, Microwave Telemetry Inc., Ornitela, Merrit Island Wildlife Association, McDaniel Charitable Foundation, Lower Suwannee NWR, Lake Woodruff NWR, International Paper, Florida Panther NWR, Florida Ornithological Society, Cellular Tracking Technologies, Avian Reconditioning Center for Birds of Prey, American Bird Conservancy

04/02/2026

Join Augusta-Aiken Audubon Society and Aiken Land Conservancy for a free joint program featuring a screening of 'Banded: How a Birder's-Eye View Made a Community'. The screening of this short documentary will be followed by a virtual Q&A session with the filmmaker, Andy Rice, and the subject of the documentary, Dr. David Russell.

Register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/banded-short-documentary-screening-tickets-1986487228776?aff=oddtdtcreator

02/25/2026

The deadline for the Walker Conservation Grant is less than a month away!

This $500 grant is offered to help grassroots efforts that align with our mission. This includes individuals or groups wishing to conduct local scientific research, bird or habitat monitoring, habitat improvement, and/or environmental education.

We are offering conservation grants to honor Alice and Doug Walker who were dedicated chapter members for many years. Individuals or groups wishing to conduct bird related research, habitat improvement projects, environmental education/outreach, or community engagement within the CSRA, with an inter...

02/21/2026

A 15 minute delay and one short shower but we got our field trip today! We even made it all the way to the end of the road. We had 28 species for the day.