Wildlife Gardens & Habitats Committee A new committee is born! The team has decided to combine the original Garden for Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat committees under the joint leadership of Sara Donohoe and Debra Quinlan. There is a great deal of syergy between these activities in both of these areas, and the SWC interest survey … More New Committee Announcement
SWC volunteers had a gorgeous low-humidity, partly-cloudy morning on June 11th working with residents of the Glenaire retirement community in Cary to install three new houses for brown-headed nuthatches. These small songbirds are typically found in mature pine forests with an open understory in the Southeastern United States. Fun fact: their high-pitched call is often … More Houses for Brown-Headed Nuthatches
Two more homes for bluebirds in Wake County! We installed two bluebird houses at Simple Gifts Community Garden in Apex on a beautiful late fall afternoon December 13. This brings the total installed in Wake County this year to 31. While there, the team also took the opportunity to plant five turks cap plants and sow seeds for … More Bluebirds & Pollinators at Simple Gifts Community Garden
South Wake Conservationists 