Saturday, October 21, will be the day we return to the Eastern Shore. Deborah Humphries will lead our group that day, with several stops and usually a great
variety of birds. Expected stops are:
• The overlook at the north side of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel
• Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge (ESVANWR)
• Kiptopeke State Park, both the Hawkwatch site and a trail
We’ll gather at the overlook, our first stop, around 8:30 a.m. That’s usually a pretty quick stop, depending on how many gulls and cormorants we have to count. But we should be at the ESVANWR Visitor Center by 9:00 a.m. or a little after. Times after that depend on how good the birding is. And, if a rarity has been reported on the southern Eastern Shore, we may add a stop to look for that bird. All that birding will make a lot of us hungry, so lunch at the Cape Charles Brewing Company should be the final stop. Those eating lunch can expect to return to Williamsburg in the range of 3:30 – 4:00 p.m.
Those interested in carpooling should let me know they’d like to carpool, and meet at the Colony Square Shopping Center shortly after 7:00 a.m. Departure
from there is at 7:15 a.m. Also, let me know if you want to stay for lunch!
If you have a State Park Annual Pass, please bring that with you. Without a pass, the entry fee for Kiptopeke is $7 per vehicle.