40th CAPE CHARLES, VIRGINIA, CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT:
Thursday, December 30, 2004
You are invited to participate at Cape Charles. PLEASE let me know if you
can participate & who is going to be with you. All are welcome.
Henry (Harry) T. Armistead
523 E. Durham Street
Philadelphia
PA 19119-1225
harryarmistead at hotmail dot com (please do not use 74077.3176 ... etc.)
215-248-4120 home
215-685-1471 work (mostly in the afternoons)
410-745-2764 MD 2nd home (most weekends)
December 3, 2004, Friday.
HEADQUARTERS: Peacock Motor Inn, Cape Charles, VA 23310 (757-331-2121) 5
miles s. of Cheriton on the e. side of Route 13 near the southernmost tip
of the Delmarva Peninsula. I will arrive at the Peacock at c. 8 P.M., Dec.
29, and will be ensconced in splendor in Room 4 where party assignments,
maps, Jim Beam and their/its ilk will be dispensed on count eve.
EATING & COMPILATION: Breakfast is at 6 A.M. and dinner at 5:30 P.M. at
the Cape Center/Sting-Ray's just south of the Peacock on Route 13 on the
east side. Bring your own lunch. Thanks to Sam Sweeney of Kiptopeke State
Park the compilation will be at Kiptopeke State Park Headquarters (n. side
Route 704) in the conference room AT 7:00 P.M. SHARP.
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 south 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 the Peacock the night
before. 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
and, after Christmas, will have several gung ho passengers. We TRY to take
no prisoners.
COASTAL COUNT SCHEDULE, selected counts.
Sat., Dec. 18 Wachapreague, VA*. Irvin Ailes, 6479 Myrtle Lane,
Chincoteague, VA 23336-3825. 757-336-3441 home.
imailes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sun., Dec. 19 St. Michaels, MD. Bill Novak, 6021 Hopkins Neck Rd.,
Easton, MD 21601. 410-822-2432. wnovak@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Sun., Dec.. 26. Chesapeake Bay Bridge & Tunnel CBC*. Ned Brinkley, 9
Randolph St., Cape Charles, VA 23310. 757-331-2483. ensifera@xxxxxxx
Mon., Dec. 27 Cape Hatteras, NC*. Pat Moore, P.O. Box 944, Buxton, NC
27920-0944. 252-995-4777. topatneal@xxxxxxx
Tue., 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@xxxxxxxx. After Dec. 20 at 4833 Kempsville Greens Parkway,
Virginia Beach, VA 23455; 757-467-4222.
Wed., 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@xxxxxxxxxxx
THU, DEC. 30-CAPE CHARLES*.
Fri., Dec. 31 Little Creek, VA. Paul Sykes.
Sun., Jan. 2 Nansemond River, Les Willis, P. O. Box 6063, Suffolk, VA
23433. 757-484- 4484. leswillis@xxxxxxxxxxxx.
There will be NO Dismal Swamp CBC this year due to problems with the refuge
roads there, some of which date back to the blowovers of Hurricane Isabel.
Happy holidays. Barring a miracle I will not be sending out our family
Christmas photograph and newsletter until sometime in January 2005.-Harry
Armistead.
Also - Selected Maryland coastal counts:
Sun., 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@xxxxxxxx
Mon.., Dec. 27. Crisfield, MD. Charlie Vaughn, 1306 Frederick Ave.,
Salisbury, MD 21801-6816. 410-742-7221. essc@xxxxxxxxxxx
Tue., Dec. 28. Ocean City, MD. Jay Sheppard, 3359 Cranberry South,
Laurel, MD 20724-2419. 301-725-5559 H. jmsheppar@xxxxxxx
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