On Saturday, February 19, 2022, Rose Ryan will lead a field trip at Dutch Gap. In past years, birders at Dutch Gap have seen a wide variety of wintering ducks. Details on time and logistics will follow.
Boat Trip to Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel Islands
The boat trip to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel islands, which was originally scheduled for January 16, has been rescheduled for Sunday, February 13. Williamsburg Bird Club members get first priority. If there are spaces left, non-members may join.
Participants should be at the dock at 8:30 a.m. for a 9 a.m. departure. The boat will return around 1 p.m. The dock at Lynnhaven Inlet is at 3311 Shore Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23451.
If you are interested in going on the rescheduled trip, please send a check for $50, issued to “Williamsburg Bird Club”, to
Club Treasurer, Attention: Ann Carpenter
PO Box 764
Lightfoot, VA 23090
Please include your email address and cell phone number! You will be notified when your check has been received.
Grandview Nature Preserve
Eastern Shore Field Trip October 16
Mark your calendar! Matt Anthony will lead us at several sites on the Eastern Shore. Details haven’t been set yet, but I expect the itinerary will be similar to what the Club did in October 2019 – overlook, ESVANWR, Kiptopeke. Start time to be decided, but 9 a.m. at ESVANWR visitor center might be appropriate. All that fresh air should make us hungry, so a lunch stop is in order.
For this trip, car pools from the usual meeting spot at Colony Square Shopping Center would be beneficial. However, it will be up to the driver to decide on vaccination/masking protocol for passengers. To avoid a possible mismatch between willing drivers and interested passengers on the day of the field trip, please let me, George Martin, know at grm0803@gmail.com who might be willing to drive and who would be interested in riding. And of course you’re free to arrange your own transportation groups.
Field Trip to Newport News Park September 18
Jason Strickland will lead us around Newport News Park on Saturday, September 18. We’ll meet at 8 a.m. in the parking lot near the ranger station (left turn off the entrance road). No car pooling arranged – it’s a fairly short trip.