[va-richmond-general] Fwd: HRBC field trip on Sunday

From: Naseem Reza <nreza@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: RAS Board <rasboard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Richmond Birders <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 10:27:21 -0400
FYI

Naseem Reza

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From: Thomas Charlock <tomcharlock@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 10:19 AM
Subject: HRBC field trip on Sunday
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Dear Hampton Roads Bird Club:



This is a reminder that our field trip to Kiptopeke and the Eastern Shore
begins at 7:00 AM on Sunday, 27 October 2013, at the parking lot just
before the toll booth to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel in Virginia
Beach.



If you arrive at a quarter after seven and find a car park with no birders,
please then proceed directly to Kiptopeke.  The parking fee at Kiptopeke
State Park is $4.00.   The full notice is further below.



One car pool has John and Marilyn Adair with George and Virginia Boyles; a
second has Dave Youker, Laura Slaughter, and possibly Kohei Minami; Jane
Frigo and Dot Silsby may be a third group.  Others signed up are Walt and
Gwen Harris; Brenda Gervais; Angie Herring; Stuart Sweetman; Peggy Rommen;
John Ericson and Felicity Rask; Diana McFarland; Jim and Carol Evans.  .



 Thank you,



Tom Charlock



Hampton Roads Bird Club – October Field Trip



*SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2013 – 7:00 AM – to Kiptopeke State Park and Eastern
Shore*



The fall field trip to the Kiptopeke and the Eastern Shore will take place
on Sunday, October 27, 2013.  The main car pool roundup will be at 7:00 AM
in the parking lot *just before the toll plaza at the South entrance to the
Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (CBBT).*  Be ready to spend most of the day at
Kiptopeke State Park and nearby locations on the Eastern Shore.  This is
one of the finest areas in the US for observing the fall migration.  If the
weather is good, the trip will likely have us birding until sundown.  Bring
a full lunch and snacks.  Kiptopeke toilets have plumbing; the other sites
mostly have portable toilets.



Directions to car pool roundup:



Take I64 East

Use exit 282 to merge onto US-13 N/Northampton Blvd toward CBBT.

* *

*Before you cross the toll booth*, turn to the right for a parking lot near
an official building.  Our car pool will meet there at 7:00 AM and depart a
few minutes later.   The toll is $12 one way.  Receipts should be saved and
presented at the toll booth for the return trip (the same-day return toll
with a receipt is $5).



Directions from car pool roundup to Kiptopeke:



Cross the mouth of Bay on US 13 North, first touching land at Fisherman's
Island.

The DelMarVa Peninsula is just beyond Fisherman's Inlet.  Once on the
Peninsula itself, carefully watch for signs after driving about 4-5 miles.

Turn left onto Arlington Rd/County Rd 645. (go 0.2 mile).

Slight turn right onto Arlington Rd (go 0.1 mile).

Take 1st left onto County Rd 704/Kiptopeke Dr. (go 0.5 mile).

   Purchase Kiptopeke parking permit ($4) at station on this road

Turn left at Florida Ave. (go 0.1 mile)

Park in lot – and remember to display parking sticker on rear-view mirror..



The morning will be spent at Kiptopeke State Park, starting near the
children’s playground.  Then we'll double back ¼ mile and walk to the pier
for a view of the bay beach (low tide at 9:00 AM).  A mile or so of hiking
on solid paths comes next; this covers scrub brush, thicker forest, some
open field, and ends at Taylor pond.  Late morning should bring convection
(and migrating raptors above), good appetites, and a welcome stop at the
picnic tables by the pavilion; a few stalwarts are likely to take their
gorp with eyes skyward, while standing on the excellent hawk tower.  After
lunch we'll depart Kiptopeke and drive to Magotha Road, the Eastern Shore
Wildlife Refuge, and finally CBBT Island 1.
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