42nd CAPE CHARLES, VIRGINIA, CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT: Saturday, December 30,
2006.
You are invited to participate at Cape Charles. PLEASE let me know if you
can & who is going to be with you. All are welcome. Merry Christmas
counts, Happy holidays. - Harry.
December 4, 2006
Henry ("Harry") T. Armistead
523 E. Durham Street
Philadelphia
PA 19119-1225
harryarmistead at hotmail dot com (please do not use 74077.3176 at
compuserve.com)
215-248-4120 home
410-745-2764 MD 2nd home (most weekends)
HEADQUARTERS: room 128, KIPTOPEKE INN (formerly Day's Inn; rm. 128 is on
the N side of the motel near the back, NW corner); 757-331-1000) on the W.
side of Rt. 13, it is 6.3 miles s. of the light that is at the turn off of
Rt. 13 to the town of Cape Charles and 0.3 mi. N of the entrance to
Kiptopeke State Park (Rt. 704) on the W side of Route 13. Just S of the
aforementioned light is a Food Lion and McDonald's. I will arrive at
Kiptopeke Inn at c. 8 P.M., Dec. 29, and will be ensconced in splendor.
Party assignments, maps, Jim Beam and their/its ilk will be dispensed on
count eve.
ALTERNATIVE LODGING. Kiptopeke Inn is 2.5 mi. N of Best Western/Sunset
Beach Resort, www.bwsunsetbeachresort.com, 757-331-1776, 1-800-899-4SUN).
Kiptopeke Inn is 6.3 mi. S of Rittenhouse Motor Lodge (W side of Rt. 13,
757-331-2768, if you stay ask for the "new" rooms, which are in back and
bigger, www.rittenhousemotorlodge.com, Lodgeon13 at yahoo.com). Lovely
plantings, azaleas, camellias & big Loblolly Pines.
Peacock Motor Inn and Cape Motel are closed ... just as well. Edgewood
Motel is probably not satisfactory for most of us.
EATING: Breakfast is at 6 A.M. and dinner at 5:30 P.M. at the Cape
Center/Sting-Ray's on Route 13 on the east side and 2.1 mi. N. of Kiptopeke
Inn. Bring your own lunch.
COMPILATION: either in my room, 128, Kiptopeke Inn, or in the inn's dining
area adjacent to the lobby (does not serve food yet but they may let us sit
at the tables). Otherwise my room has 2 beds, chairs, plenty of room to
sit, cozy and informal.
AMPHIBIOUS FORCES: The boat fee is still $20 per head but, as it has been
for years, is largely subsidized by myself. Boat reservations are on a
first come/first call basis. Dress warmly and dryly. Rubber knee (or
higher) boots are required and rain suits are desirable if it is windy. We
have NEVER been weathered out. The boat leaves from the Intracoastal
Waterway (Ramp Lane off the southeast end of Hallett Circle), locally known
as the Federal Cut, below Eastern Shore of Virginia N.W.R. The boat party,
captained by Albert Heath, spends most of the day walking the barrier
islands and sees large numbers of waterfowl, shorebirds, and marsh species
plus raptors.
IMPORTANT: Please check on your party assignments at the motel on count
eve even if you get there late or else phone me at Kiptopeke Inn. Do NOT
wait until breakfast. BE EXTRA CONSIDERATE OF LANDOWNERS: ALWAYS KNOCK AND
ASK PERMISSION. All count participants must, alas, pay the $5
participation fee to subsidize processing & posting of the Christmas
counts. Everyone on my mailing list will receive an annotated copy of the
Cape Charles results. I will be participating in the asterisked (*)
counts.
COASTAL COUNT SCHEDULE, selected counts.
Sat., Dec. 16 Wachapreague, VA*. Irvin Ailes, 31050 Liberty Court,
Hallwood, VA 23359. 757-824-0608 home. irvailes at intercom.net
SUN., DEC. 17, NASSAWADOX, VA*, a new count compiled by myself.
Mon., Dec. 18, Dismal Swamp N.W.R., VA. Tom Gwynn, 1640 Morris Ave.,
Norfolk, VA 23509. 757-627-1056 home. vacanebrake at yahoo.com (Don
Schwab); tbgwynn at cox.net (Tom Gwynn)
Wed., Dec. 27 Cape Hatteras, NC*. Pat Moore, P.O. Box 944, Buxton, NC
27920-0944. 252-995-4777. topatneal at aol.com
Thu., Dec. 28 Bodie-Pea I. N.W.R., NC*. Paul Sykes, 1080 Forest Road,
Watkinsville, GA 30677. 706-769-9436 home; 706-542-1237 work. paul_sykes
at usgs.gov.
Fri., Dec. 29 Back Bay N.W.R.*. Paul Sykes. Chincoteague N.W.R., VA.
Richard Roberts, 7212 Fiddler Bay Lane, Chincoteague, VA 23336.
757-336-1799. bandbird at verizon.net
SAT., DEC. 30-CAPE CHARLES*.
Sun., Dec. 31 Little Creek, VA. Paul Sykes.
Mon., Jan. 1 Nansemond River, Les Willis, P. O. Box 6063, Suffolk, VA
23433. 757-484- 4484. leswillis at clwillis.com.
Selected Maryland Eastern Shore counts:
Sun., Dec. 17 St. Michaels, MD. Bill Novak, 6021 Hopkins Neck Rd.,
Easton, MD 21601.
410-822-2432. wbell2 at washcoll.edu
Tue., Dec. 26. S. Dorchester Co., MD (Blackwater N.W.R.). Chan Robbins,
7902 Brooklyn Bridge Rd., Laurel, MD 20707-2822. 301-497-5641 W.
chan_robbins at usgs.gov
Wed., Dec. 27. Crisfield, MD. Charlie Vaughn, 1306 Frederick Ave.,
Salisbury, MD 21801-6816. 410-742-7221. essc at comcast.net
Thu., Dec. 28. Ocean City, MD. Jay Sheppard, 3359 Cranberry South,
Laurel, MD 20724-2419. 301-725-5559 H. jmsheppar at aol.com
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