Field Trip to Chippokes State Park

For the Club’s April field trip, we’ll go to Chippokes State Park in Surry County.  Nancy Barnhart will lead the group.  Some summer breeders should have arrived, including Ovenbird, Yellow-throated Warbler, and Northern Parula.

The park also has a good population of Eastern Meadowlark. The trip from Williamsburg will require a ride on the Jamestown-Scotland ferry.  We recommend you arrive at the ferry dock by 7:10 a.m. to catch the 7:20 a.m. departure.  If you’d like to consolidate cars, please let George Martin know by email to grm0803@gmail.com, and plan to meet in the Jamestown Settlement parking lot a little after 7 a.m.

If you’re coming from southside, plan to meet at the main parking lot after the entrance on Chippokes Park Road by 8 a.m.  If you have a state park pass, bring that.  Without a pass, the entry fee is $7 per vehicle. And after birding, I suggest we meet for lunch at Surry Seafood.