[nnasnet] Reminder Bird Walk Sat, 1:00 at Hughlett Point
- From: Margaret Gerdts <maggieurbanna@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Ann Refuge Friends / Graziano <annfrank77@xxxxxxxxx>, Cathy Baldwin <atswanview@xxxxxxxxx>, Katherine Dragon Run Gregory <katgreg07@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Katherine Paris <bayfishers3@xxxxxxx>, NNAS Hotline <nnasnet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Tom Dragon Run Gregory <dragonswamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, VA Master Naturalist Northern Neck Chapter <nnmnemail@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 21:51:24 -0500
BIRD WALK SATURDAY HUGHLETT POINT 1:00
0n Saturday, November
23rd, Frank Schaff of the Northern Neck Audubon Society (NNAS) will
conduct a bird walk at Hughlett Point Natural Area Preserve and Dameron Marsh
in Northumberland County. Both of these
preserves lie on peninsulas jutting into the Chesapeake
Bay and offer a wonderful opportunity for viewing birds and
wildlife as they include coastal forest, shrub, salt marsh, and sandy beach
habitats.
Fall is a prime time for bird watching because of the many migrating
birds coming through the Atlantic flyway.
Possible sightings include bald eagles, osprey, merlins, pine and
yellow-rumped warblers, royal and Forster terns, dunlins, brown pelicans, great
egrets, American black ducks, mergansers, buffleheads, loons, spotted and
semipalmated sandpipers, semipalmated plovers, brown creepers, Eastern phoebes,
catbirds, swamp and white throated sparrows, belted kingfishers, flickers, and
ruby crowned kinglets.
Meet in the parking lot at Hughlett Point Preserve at 1:00 p.m. Directions:
From Burgess, take Rt. 200 south. Go approx 8 miles and turn left (east) on
Shiloh School Road
(Rt. 606). At the end of Rt. 606, turn
right onto Balls Neck Road
(Rt. 605). Go approximately a mile and
half. The parking lot of Hughlett point
will be on the left. From Kilmarnock, take Rt. 200 north. Go approximately 5
miles and turn right
(east) on Shiloh School Road
(Rt. 606). At the end of Rt. 606, turn
right onto Balls Neck Road
(Rt. 605). Go approximately a mile and a
half. The entrance to Hughlett Point and
the parking lot of Hughlett Point will be on the left.
Binoculars and water resistant shoes are recommended. There will be
several pairs of loaner binoculars available.
Please call Frank Schaff at 804-462-0084 to let him know that you are
coming in case the walk is cancelled.
For NNAS information and events, visit www.northernneckaudubon.org.
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