Field Trips
Saturday October 3, 8:00 AM
Glen Alton Day Use Area, Giles County
https://dwr.virginia.gov/vbwt/sites/glen-alton/
Led by Bill Akers & Jerry Via: Go directly or meet at the gravel parking area where Routes 460 and 700 intersect (the road to Mtn Lake) to carpool (arrange on your own) to Glen Alton. We’ll bird for 1 ½-2 hours on the grounds and in wet areas searching for fall migrants. This walk has uneven ground.
Saturday October 10, 8:30 AM (VT vs WF, 1:00 PM)
Caldwell Fields, Craig County
https://tinyurl.com/yn5sb43r
Led by Bill Akers & Jerry Via: From Blacksburg follow US 460 W, then turn right on SR 621, Craig Creek Road, across from the Pandapas Pond entrance. Go 8.8 miles to parking area on the right. We’ll spend 1 ½ to 2 hours birding in search of migrants, starting in the parking lot. Then we will backtrack on foot along the road a short distance to reach an old fire road that takes you uphill. This walk has steep and uneven terrain.
Saturday October 17, 8:00 AM (VT vs GT, TBA)
Bisset Park, Radford
https://dwr.virginia.gov/vbwt/sites/glen-alton/
Led by Bill Akers & Jerry Via: Meet in the parking lot to begin birding along the New River. We’ll spend 1 ½ to 2 hours birding in search of fall migrants. This hike is mostly paved, with some areas of uneven ground.
Saturday October 24, 8:00 AM
Historic Smithfield Plantation, Virginia Tech Campus
https://www.historicsmithfield.org/
From Duck Pond Drive turn onto Smithfield Plantation Drive and proceed to the parking lot where we will begin. Led by Bill Akers, we’ll spend 1½ to 2 hours birding the woods and fields in search of fall migrants. This hike has uneven ground.
Saturday October 31, 8:00 AM
Claytor Lake State Park, 6620 Ben H. Bolen Dr, Dublin
https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/claytor-lake
Parking: $7- Use a self-pay envelope if the entrance station is unstaffed.
Led by Bill Akers & Jerry Via: Meet in the park near the historic Howe House/Visitor Center. We will search for early arriving waterfowl. We will look for woodland species and sparrows on trails around the lake. There will be at least one scope to share, so bring another if you have one.
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