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Meet in the parking lot of Deltaville Marine Museum and Holly Point Nature Reserve at 9:00 AM.

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Meet at the main house of Kendale Farms, Essex County, at 9:00 AM and start the walk shortly thereafter.

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The Northern Neck Audubon Society will conduct a bird walk on Saturday, February 22, at 9:00 am at Kendale Farm in Essex County. The bird walk will be led by Joe Cooney and Hill Wellford. This beautiful farm, half way between Port Royal and Tappahannock, has fields, woods, salt and fresh water marshes with frontage on Occupacia Creek and the Rappahannock River directly opposite Fones Cliffs.

Possible sightings include Canada Geese, Tundra Swan, Mallards, Buffieheads, Mergansers, Black Ducks, Quail, Wild Turkeys, Northern Harriers, Bald Eagles, Juncos, 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.

The GPS address is 1909 Kendalls Road, Champlain, VA 22438.

Directions are as follows:

From Tappahannock, go 13.2 miles north on Route 17. Turn right onto Route 637 (Layton's Landing Road) and go 1.2 miles. Turn right onto Route 661 (Kendalls Road). Go approximately 1. 7 miles. Turn left into the driveway marked by the white Kendale sign.

From Port Royal, go 13.3 miles south on Route 17. Turn left onto Route 637 (Layton's Landing Road) and go 1.2 miles. Turn right onto Route 661 (Kendalls Road). Go approximately 1.7 miles. Turn left into the driveway marked by the white Kendale sign.

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. Meet at the house at 9:00 am.

There will be several loaner binoculars available. For programs, events, activities, and information, visit www.northernneckaudubon.org. Northern Neck Audubon bird walks and programs are always open to the public

Audubon Bird Walk Monday, January 13, at Fones Cliffs, the Newest Tract of the Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge

On Monday, January 13, the Northern Neck Audubon (NNAS) Society will conduct a walk at 9:00 a.m. in Richmond County at Fones Cliffs, the newest tract of the Rappahannock River National Wildlife Refuge. This will be a very special opportunity as this will be the first public bird walk on this new refuge site. Fones Cliffs lie within an area designated by the Audubon Society as an Important Bird Area (IBA) with global significance. The Fones Cliffs formation is nationally recognized as having one of the highest concentrations of bald eagles on the entire East Coast and is highlighted in the National Geographic map “Treasured Landscapes of the Chesapeake Bay.” If you google Fones Cliffs, there are fascinating articles on the history of the area including the fact that Captain John Smith was attacked in 1608 by the Rappahannock Indians as he navigated his shallop below the cliffs.

On December 15, Joe Cooney, leader of the walk spotted 17 species of birds, including an American Woodcock, Buffleheads, Hooded Mergansers, 16 Bald Eagles, a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, a Red-bellied Woodpecker, 22 Dark-eyed Juncos, Song Sparrows and 50 Red-winged Blackbirds.

The Address is 850 Carters Wharf Road (Rt. 622), Warsaw, VA 22572. From Warsaw, take Rt. 360 West towards Tappahannock. Go 2.4 miles and turn right onto Newland Road (Rt. 624). Go 11 miles and turn left onto Carters Wharf Road (Rt 622). Go .9 miles and the entrance road will be on your left. The gate for Fones Cliffs will be approximately 100 yards in from Carters Wharf Rd. Follow the gravel road about 5 minutes to the parking area.

There will be several pairs of loaner binoculars available. For NNAS programs, activities, and information, visit the website at www.northernneckaudubon.org. Northern Neck Audubon bird walks and programs are always open to the public.

On Monday, December 9, the Northern Neck Audubon Society will conduct a bird walk led by Joe Cooney at Hughlett Point and Dameron Marsh Natural Area Preserves in Northumberland County.  Both preserves lie on peninsulas jutting into the Chesapeake Bay. Hughlett Point offers a wonderful opportunity for viewing birds and wildlife as it includes coastal forest, shrub, salt marsh, and sandy beach habitats and a viewing platform.  Dameron Marsh offers 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.

This will be a good time for bird watching as many migrating birds are still coming through the Atlantic flyway, and the waterfowl are still arriving.  Among possible sightings are pine and yellow-rumped warblers, Eastern phoebes, catbirds, swamp and white-throated sparrows, belted kingfishers, royal and Forster terns, brown pelicans, great egrets, American black ducks, mergansers, buffleheads, loons, tundra swans, gulls and bald eagles.

Meet at 9 a.m. at the parking lot at Hughlett Point, 5411 Balls Neck Road, Kilmarnock. Directions:  From Burgess, take Rt. 200 south.  Go approximately 8 miles and turn left (east) on Shiloh School Road (Rt. 606).  At the end of Rt. 606, turn right onto Balls Neck Road (Rt. 605).  Go approximately a mile and a a half.  The Hughlett Point parking lot will be on the left.   From Kilmarnock, take Rt. 200 north.  Go approximately 5 miles and turn right (east) on Rt. 606, Shiloh School Road.  At the end of Rt. 606, turn right onto Balls Neck Road (Rt. 605).  Go approximately a mile and a half.  The Hughlett Point parking lot will be on the left.   

There will be several pairs of loaner binoculars available.  IFor NNAS programs, activities, and information, visit the website at www.northernneckaudubon.org.  Northern Neck Audubon bird walks and programs are always open to the public.

On Saturday, May 25, the Northern Neck Audubon Society (NNAS) will conduct a bird walk at Belle Isle State Park at 9:00 am.  The public, including families and beginning birders, are always welcome at any NNAS event. There will be several loaner binoculars available. 

Belle Isle State Park in LancasterCounty features seven miles of Rappahannock riverfront as well as diverse tidal and non-tidal wetlands, lowland marshes, tidal coves, and upland forests.  Among possible sightings are bald eagles, osprey, great blue herons, belted kingfishers, Eastern bluebirds, red-winged blackbirds, song sparrows, swamp sparrows, warblers, herring and ring-billed gulls, and Foster’s terns.

GPS address is 1632 Belle Isle Road, Lancaster, VA 22503.

To reach the park from Kilmarnock, take Rt. 3 west to Lively and turn left on Rt. 201 (White Chapel Road).  Go to the end of 201 and turn right onto Rt. 354 (River Road).  Go 3.1 miles and turn left on Rt. 683 (Belle Isle Road). After the park entrance, continue through the four-way intersection.  The horse parking lot will be on your right.

From Warsaw, take Rt. 3 east and travel approximately 14.5 miles.  Turn right on Rt. 354 (River Road).  Go about 3 miles and turn right on Rt. 683 (Belle Isle Road).   After the park entrance, continue through the four-way intersection.  The horse parking lot will be on your right.

For additional information about the NNAS activities and programs, check the website at www.northernneckaudubon.org.