High Point, North Carolina
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.
Nature Happenings
May 8: Full Moon, May 24: New Moon
- May 9: International Migratory Bird Day
- Spring bird counts this month - check with local clubs
- Orioles return and begin nesting in the northern part of the region. Get feeders, nectar, fruit and jelly out early.
- Canada Geese goslings and Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Wood Duck and Mallard ducklings hatch and venture forth early in the month.
- Peak of warbler migration away from the coast happens very early in the month.
- Sub-adult Purple Martins return to establish new colonies early in the month.
- Grassland species on territory (buntings, Blue Grosbeaks, Dickcissels, Northern Bobwhite)
Rose-breasted grosbeaks, Nighthawks, Wood Thrushes, Veerys and Chimney Swifts return
- Cedar Waxwings finally depart.
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo are late to arrive and the first to leave; some individuals will spend less than a month at their breeding territory.
- Chickadees and titmice become scarce at feeders as they nest and raise their young.
- Bluebirds: first brood fledges, second nesting attempt begins.
- Mosquitoes can begin to be a problem
- Praying Mantis hatch late spring
- Beaver kits and white-tail deer fawn are born
- Mayapples, Chicory and Primrose bloom
- Poison Ivy blooms - watch out!