CANCELLED: Field Trip: Brickyard Landing October 17

Tomorrow’s field trip to Brickyard Landing and Little Creek Reservoir Park is CANCELED.  The weather forecasts I’m seeing call for steady light rain, with winds of 10-20 mph.  Birds will be hunkered down and difficult to see.  And with temperatures in the mid-50’s, not many birders will want to be out.

For the club’s October field trip, we’ll visit two parks in western James City County which we haven’t birded at previously as a club.  We’ll start at Brickyard Landing, a new park in the James City County system, and one which several bird club members have volunteered at.  The park has a native plant section, and frontage on the Chickahominy River.  We’ll meet there at 8 a.m.  The park address is listed at the end of this article.

We’ll then stop at Little Creek Reservoir Park, just a few minutes away.  This park has viewing access to the reservoir, along with a ½ mile trail.  It may be too early to see wintering ducks, but I expect the White-throated Sparrows and the Yellow-rumped Warblers should be there in force by then.

Brickyard Landing:  990 Brickyard Rd, Toano, VA 23168

Little Creek Reservoir Park:  180 Lakeview Drive, Toano, VA 23168