Come and join us on a short and sweet winter getaway to Virginia’s Eastern Shore and Chesapeake Bay area in search of waterfowl and other overwintering birds. So-called “Tidewater” Virginia is comprised of two parts: the wide, low coastal plain, cut by meandering rivers into long peninsulas, which forms the western shoreline of Chesapeake Bay; and the “Eastern Shore,” the Virginia portion of the Delmarva Peninsula (containing portions of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia), which forms the eastern shoreline of the Bay. Where the Coastal Plain meets the ocean there are barrier islands with wide beaches and sand dunes. Behind these lie salt and brackish marshes and shallow bays stuffed with wintering waterfowl and other water birds. Among the sites to be visited in the area are several National Wildlife Refuges (Eastern Shore and Chincoteague), State Parks (Kiptopeke) and of course, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (as we drive across!). Depending on whether the ongoing construction has been completed or not, we may be able to stop along the bridge.