High Point, North Carolina

Liz & Tom Schmid

Liz & Tom Schmid

We’re passionate about birds and nature. That’s why we opened a Wild Birds Unlimited Nature Shop in our community.

High Point, North Carolina

1589 Skeet Club Road, Suite 134
High Point, NC 27265

Phone: (336) 841-2572
Fax: (336) 841-2573
Email: Send Message

Store Hours:
Mon - Sat: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Sun: 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Comments:
Wild Birds Unlimited of High Point is conveniently located in the Oak Hollow Square shopping center in High Point, NC at the corner of Eastchester Drive (Route 68) and Skeet Club Road (across from Wendover Avenue). You'll find us between Stein Mart and Harris Teeter.

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Nature Happenings

Feathered Friends

  • American goldfinch visit flower beds with coneflower, Black-eyed Susans, and other seed-producing flowers. Their young can be seen and heard harassing adults for food at feeders
  • Robins are in large flocks, feeding on crab apples


Bird Migration

  • Migration month! More birds are in the area now than any other month.
  • Hummingbird numbers peak around Labor Day, then start to dwindle
  • Blackbird flocks (Common Grackles, Red-winged Blackbirds, Rusty Blackbirds, Brown-headed Cowbirds) can number in the thousands
  • Chimney Swifts congregate near large chimneys at dusk for their nightly communal roost during migration. Learn more...
  • Peak migration for raptors such as Bald Eagle, Broad-winged Hawks.  Each September, the Audubon Society of Forsyth County organizes a Hawk Watch at Pilot Mountain State Park.  Visit them on the web for more information: Audubon Hawk Watch at Pilot Mountain
  • Chuck-will’s-widow – peak fall migration mid-September
  • Fall migration peaks for warblers and others (third week)
  • Ruby-crowned Kinglets, juncos, and White-throated Sparrows can appear by the end of this month
  • House Wren – begin arriving in late September

Other Wildlife

  • Asters, Goldenrod, Stiff Gentian, Sampson's Snakeroot and ragweed still in bloom – it’s not the goldenrod that’s making you sneeze
  • Peak southerly migratory movement of Monarch Butterflies
  • Black and Yellow Garden Spider (argiope aurantia) eggs hatch, young overwinter in the 1" sac and disperse in spring.
  • Field Crickets, drawn by the heat, often enter houses during the fall.
  • Bucks polishing antlers – look for buck rubs
  • Bats busy feeding – building fat reserves for hibernation, migration

SEPTEMBER CALENDAR

  • 11-13: Swift Night Out
  • 12-30: Hawk watch at Pilot Mountain
  • 11-30: WBU High Point BIRDFOOD SALE!
  • 12: Birding 101 at Triad Park
  • 16: Bird Walk at Triad Park
  • 22: Autumn Equinox
  • 27: Bird Walk at Triad Park