Rose Memorial Cemetery & Beyond

Saturday, December 13 from 9:00AM - 12:00PM

Join us for a morning of birding at the Rose Memorial Cemetery!

We’ll be exploring this local hot spot with a keen eye for late-season migrants and possible overwintering rarities—and warming up for the upcoming Fort Bragg and Manchester Christmas Bird Counts.

Expect to see hummingbirds, woodpeckers, and warblers. Hopefully a surprise visitor or two. After about an hour or so in the cemetery, we’ll move to a nearby location to stretch our species list a bit further—aiming to bird until around noon.

When our binoculars need a break, we’ll head to Tall Guy Brewery for lunch and bird-themed board games. Good birds, good brews, and great company—what could be better?

Both walks will be easy and on mostly flat ground. Heavy rain cancels.

Directions: From Hwy 1 (Main Street), take Spruce Street East for 3 blocks. Park just outside the gatewhere we’ll meet at 9 AM and walk in together.

Do you have a copy of Wingspan or other bird related games? Please bring them to Tall Guy for an afternoon of brews and bird games!

Never played Wingspan? Join us at Tall Guy for an afternoon of brews and bird games!

Wingspan is a board game designed by Elizabeth Hargrave and published in 2019. During the game’s development process, Hargrave constructed charts of birds observed in Maryland, with statistics sourced from various biological databases. The special powers of birds in the game were also selected to resemble real-life characteristics. Upon its release, Wingspan received critical and commercial acclaim for its gameplay, accurate thematic elements, and artwork.