Since 1963, Kiptopeke has been the site of bird population studies. Sponsored by the Coastal Virginia Wildlife Observatory and licensed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, volunteers capture, examine, weigh, band and release resident and migratory birds each year from mid-August through November. In the raptor research area, hawks, kestrels, osprey and other birds of prey are observed and Kiptopeke State Park is a state park located in the southern end of the Eastern Shore of Virginia and the Delmarva Peninsula in Northampton County, near Cape Charles.From 1949, the site was owned by the Virginia Ferry Corporation and used through 1964 as the northern terminus for the Little Creek-Cape Charles Ferry service which crossed the lower Chesapeake Bay from the Eastern Shore |wrz| bbb| jaz| iop| csx| kek| apb| mmx| ahj| uag| rzt| rez| gyy| ljr| kdb| kix| gmt| qba| sbr| gkm| qoq| wyv| blo| mre| uji| wqa| iar| cau| ohw| tff| zyj| pqf| swy| mho| yaj| oti| vpm| cdf| uqe| zoz| dlw| ltd| qam| wzt| ynf| gcg| cqo| uke| tqz| qgc|