Morehead City/Beaufort, North Carolina
2007 Winter Field Trip
January 12th through 15th

ASFC is doing something different for our next winter birding trip.  From January 12 through January 15, 2007 we will be birding in the Morehead City/Beaufort area.  January 12 is a travel day, with birding on the 13th and 14th. We will return on January 15 after a little early birding.  

Our principal guide for birding in the area will be John Fussell’s book, A Birder’s Guide to Coastal North Carolina.  Among the main spots we will visit are the Rachael Carson Preserve and possibly Bird Shoals, located on an island off Beaufort that is accessible by ferry.  Since we have to reserve the ferry a day ahead of time this would be a scheduled event.  Other sites may include Calico Creek and the nearby Treatment Plant in Morehead City, Fort Macon State Park, and a trail near the Aquarium in Morehead City.  Near Beaufort we will check out Howland Rock, North River Marsh, and the Carteret Wildlife Club’s Observation Platform north of the marsh.  There are many other sites listed in Fussell’s book and we might add to the above list.

There are a number of options for accommodations in the area but it might be best to have everyone together in one place, at the Inlet Inn in Beaufort.  The hotel is right on the waterfront and if we book ten rooms, they will give us a ten percent discount on each room.  See http://www.inlet-inn.com for further information. Call 800-554-5466 for reservations, and be sure to tell them you are with Forsyth Audubon.  If we don’t get commitments for ten rooms by the end of December, then we’ll make information available on other options.

Please let Don Adamick (at dadamick@bellsouth.net) know:

1) if you plan on participating in the trip
2) how many will be in your party, and
3) if you plan to stay at the Inlet Inn.

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