Sep 26 2008
Ned Brinkley, proud booster of his adopted hometown of Cape Charles (and author of the recent National Wildlife Federation Field Guide to Birds of North America), scans one of the storied sites of mid-Atlantic birding: the Wash Flats. A broad expanse of salty sand, mud, and low vegetation, the Wash Flats are famous among birders [...]
Sep 24 2008
Saturday, I helped co-lead the Chincoteague field trip for the Eastern Shore Birding & Wildlife Festival. Not that the main leader, Ned Brinkley, needed any help, as it was a small group and Ned knows Virginia and its birds as well as anyone. But it was a nice chance to spend some time in the [...]
Sep 22 2008
When I arrived at Kiptopeke, the southern tip of the Eastern Shore of Virginia, I was most excited to see the hawk watch site. Turns out it’s well situated on a low bluff above the Chesapeake Bay, in a narrow break in the woods. Birds stream by headed south; north winds with an easterly component [...]
Sep 22 2008
I went on a trip from Friday through Sunday. It wasn’t an especially distant journey–in fact, I didn’t leave the Delmarva Peninsula. So where was I? Here’s a clue: Here are two more, one an overview, the other a close-up. This one should be a dead giveaway: Let’s see: cotton fields, sea oats, and a [...]
