[va-richmond-general] Re: possible trip to Smith Island ,Maryland
- From: "Al Warfield" <warfield101@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 17:08:48 -0400
Sandhya,
The best source of information is the website for the Richmond Audubon
Society.
www.richmondaudubon.org
There are several summer field trips, a picnic with birding options this
Saturday, lots of good fellowship with other birders, locations of birding
sites and places to find more, etc. There are also meetings that start the
3rd Thursday in September at 7 pm, with great programs.
If you send an email with your address I will send a copy of the latest
newsletter, the Thrasher. It gives alot of info, some great articles, and
most of the field trips. However, the listserve and the website are more
recently updated since the newsletter was published in late May and the next
issue is not until August.
If you are already a member of National Audubon you can have your chapter
affiliation transferred here. If that's the case, let me know and I'll
forward your email to our Membership Chair. If you just want to join RAS and
NAS, the application with mailing instructions is on the website.
Al Warfield
Thrasher Editor
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandhya Shardanand" <surfingsandhya@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 3:07 PM
Subject: [va-richmond-general] Re: possible trip to Smith Island ,Maryland
Hello,
I just moved to the Williamsburg, VA area from Austin, TX. Does this group
extend to my neck of the woods? I would love to talk to someone briefly
about birding hereabouts. Is there a member who wouldn't mind if I gave them
a call or vice-versa? My number is 757-220-4610.
Thanks, looking forward to enjoying the company of new birds :)
Sandhya
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From: tyler turpin <tylerturpin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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To: va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [va-richmond-general] possible trip to Smith Island ,Maryland
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 13:31:49 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
Smith Island is an island in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland
. It is inhabited by several hundred people who live in three villages. It
makes for a great birding trip because the boat you take to get to the
island passes by a huge area of marsh that contains every species of heron ,
egret , and ibis found in the area and gulls , terns , various passerine
birds. Once on the island there is a free bus tour that takes you around the
island and you get to see even more marsh up close and often see shorebirds.
Part of the island is a Federal Wildlife Refuge and the refuge has a
visitors center . The island also has a visitor center. Bring a picnic lunch
in a cooler or bring some money and eat lunch in one of the three
restaurants on the island. Someone may have connections to have a Nature
Conservancy , Chesapeake Bay Foundation, MD. Dept. of Natural Resources or
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service naturalist meet us at the island.
The boat leaves a place near Reedville .VA at 10:30 am and leaves Smith
Island at 3:30 Pm The cost is 24.50 per person. The boat runs Monday
through Saturday on a regular schedule but reservations are required as the
boat only carries 60 people but is big enough that you will not get sea sick
After conferring with Betsy Saunders, Saturday August 7th or August 14th
would be best. Migration will have started. This is the time the Laughing
Gulls start to migrate to the Caribbean and Latin America. Please respond
on the list-serve or email me if interested. If at least 6 people commit to
going I will pick a date and give driving directions to the boat dock .
Sincerely ,
Tyler Turpin
e-mail :tylerturpin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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