Greetings,
Again this year, the Williamsburg Bird Club is sponsoring a birding boat trip
to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel Islands Saturday, January 18, 2014. Enjoy
our beautiful Chesapeake Bay and its winter bird life with us! We will have an
experienced trip leader who will help us identify the birds.
The Bird Club’s Field Trip Coordinator, Geoff Giles, has chartered the Bay
Princes, a large comfortable boat for this eye-level look at the bay ducks,
scoters, shore birds and seabirds plus other wonderful species such as the
harbor seals we saw last year around the tunnel islands. Photo opportunities
should be very good from the boat. We will stay around the CBBT tunnel islands
and pilings and will likely go as far as Fisherman’s Island on the Eastern
Shore. If the humpback whales are in again, we might head down towards Cape
Henry once more!
The CBBT area tends to have smoother water than ocean trips with many of the
same exciting views of birds and wildlife. It will be possible to do some
birding from the warm, dry cabin, but the best views and photos will be from
outside on deck, so clothing that protects against wind and weather is
recommended.
The Bay Princess is a large, comfortable boat with ample heated cabin space,
rest room, tables and indoor seating.
We will depart from Lynnhaven Inlet in Virginia Beach on Saturday, January 18,
2014, at 9:00 am and return to the dock at about 1 pm. There is a very good
seafood restaurant dockside for those inclined to have lunch on return. If the
trip gets weathered out, we’ll return your check, of course. Should that
happen, we will try to offer a rain date. Note that we will not cash your check
until after the trip.
Cost is $30 per person. Your check is your reservation. Sorry—we cannot hold a
spot for you until you send a check and we cannot accept credit cards. Sign up
early so we can be sure to have enough people for the trip to go—we need 30.
Reservations will be taken on a first come, first served basis until the trip
is filled. The maximum number of people for the trip is 60.
Please make checks ($30.00 per person) payable to “Williamsburg Bird Club” and
mail to Geoff Giles, PO Box 133, Lightfoot, VA 23090.
IMPORTANT: Include your email address and phone # so we can get back to you to
confirm departure location and contact you if plans change.
For additional info contact Geoff at tylerandal2@xxxxxxx Phone: 757-645-8716
Hope to see you onboard!
Shirley Devan
Williamsburg Bird Club
http://williamsburgbirdclub.org/
Ph: 757.813.1322
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