Eleven members of the Middle Peninsula Bird Club and Middle Peninsula Master Naturalist Chapter took part in the Coastal Virginia Birdathon on Sept. 28, (https://vawildliferesearch.org/coastal-va-birdathon), a birding challenge to benefit the Coastal Virginia Wildlife Observatory. The “Wild Wings” team spent 12 hours counting birds at eight sites in Gloucester County, and observed 60 different bird species. The birders at the Machicomoco State Park Kayak Boat Launch were, from left, Randy Sweet, C.J. Sweet, Edith Bradbury, Sharon Walker, Susan Crockett, Ed Brown, Ross Johnson, Bill Corbin and, not pictured, Dave Yeager and Gee Brownley.
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