BIRD WALK AT DAMERON MARSH ON MONDAY, APRIL 9
On Monday, April 9 at 1:00 pm the Northern Neck Audubon Society will conduct a
bird walk at Dameron Marsh Natural Area Preserve in Northumberland County. This
316-acre preserve lies on a peninsula jutting into the Chesapeake Bay. Dameron
Marsh contains one of the most significant wetlands on the Chesapeake Bay for
marsh-bird communities, and its pristine beach habitat is highly important for
the federally threatened northeastern beach tiger beetle (Cicindela dorsalis
dorsalis). Dameron Marsh supports impressive salt marsh communities, sand
beach, and upland forest habitats. It offers expansive views of the Chesapeake
Bay, Mill Creek, and Ingram Bay. It also has a viewing platform, sand beaches,
marshes and a large fallow field with scattered shrubs.
Among possible sightings are Blue-winged and Green-winged Teals, Horned Grebes,
Red-breasted Mergansers, Brown Pelicans, Snowy Egrets, Northern Harriers,
Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Forster’s Terns, American Kestrels, Tree
Swallows, and Prairie Warblers.
Directions: From Burgess, take Rt. 200 south. Go approximately 8 miles and turn
left (east) on Shiloh School Road (Rt. 606). Go to the end and turn left onto
Balls Neck Road (Rt. 605). Turn right on Cloverdale Road (Rt. 606) and then
turn left on Guarding Point Lane (Rt. 693). Follow 693 to the parking lot in
the preserve.
From Kilmarnock, take Rt. 200 north. Go approximately 5 miles and turn right
(east) on Shiloh School Road (Rt. 606). Go to the end and turn left onto Balls
Neck Road (Rt. 605). Turn right on Cloverdale Road (Rt. 606) and then turn
left on Guarding Point Lane (Rt. 693). Follow 693 to the parking lot in the
preserve.
There will be several pairs of loaner binoculars available. For cancelations
and information about the Northern Neck Audubon Society and events, visit the
website at www.northernneckaudubon.org<http://www.northernneckaudubon.org>.
