Don't forget to call Frank Schaff at 804-462-0084 if you are coming. And the
Wellfords are very generously offering us restrooms before and after the
walk...and coffee and treats after the walk. Any problem with directions, you
may call the Wellfords at 804-443-2027.
BIRD WALK SAT, FEBRUARY 20 AT KENDALE
FARM ON THE RAPPAHANNOCK
The Northern
Neck Audubon Society is conducting a bird walk on Saturday, February 20, at
9:00 am at Kendale Farm in Essex County.
The bird walk will be led by Frank Schaff and Hill Wellford. This beautiful
farm, 12 miles South of Port
Royal and 12 miles North of Tappahannock, has fields, woods, salt and fresh
water
marshes and frontage on Occupacia Creek and the Rappahannock River directly
opposite Fones Cliffs.
Possible
sightings include Canada Geese, Tundra Swan, Mallards, Buffleheads, Mergansers
and Black Ducks, Quail, Wild Turkeys, Northern Harriers, Bald Eagles on their
nests, Juncos and all winter songbirds, Saw-whet Owls, and an Eastern Screech
owl in a wood duck box. At Woodpecker
Point, there are often sightings of Pileated, Downy, Hairy, Red-bellied and
Red-headed Woodpeckers.
Directions are as follows:
From Tappahannock, go 12 miles North on Route 17. Turn right onto Route 637
(Layton’s Landing
Road) and go about 1 mile. Turn right
onto Route 661 (Kendalls Road. Go
approximately 1.5 miles. Turn left into
the driveway marked by the white Kendale
sign. From Port Royal, go 12
miles South on Route 17. Turn left onto
Route 637 (Layton’s Landing Road) and follow directions above. Don’t be
confused by the sign on 17 that says
CHANCE. There used to be a post office
there, but it now marks the exit for Route 637.
The address for your GPS is 1909 Kendalls Road, Champlain, VA
22438. Meet at the house at 9:00 am.
Please call Frank Schaff at 804-462-0084 to let him know that you are coming in
case the walk
is cancelled. There will be several loaner binoculars available. Visit
www.northernneckaudubon.org for information and events.
