Chesapeake Bay Bird Tours

09/21/2025

Fall migration is here! Grab your binoculars and get outside 🖤🤍

06/21/2025

A rare duet in blue 💙
Caught this once-in-a-lifetime moment: a Blue Grosbeak (left) and an Indigo Bunting (right) perched side by side during last weekend’s bird photography tour.
Moments like these make us wonder… is it time to upgrade to a bigger lens? 📸🪶

05/22/2025

Not just a beach town… 🌊👀 Cape Charles has warblers in the pines and magic in the mornings. ✨

Start your Saturday or Sunday morning off with a guided birdwatching tour — you might spot a prairie warbler striking a pose 🐤🕺🏻

05/19/2025

Meet the Snowy Egret—easily recognized by their bright yellow feet, elegant white plumage, and striking black bill. Once hunted nearly to extinction for their feathers, this conservation success story can be spotted throughout Northampton County, VA 🕊️💛

05/16/2025

05/14/2025

At Black Swamp Bird Observatory, we encourage everyone to help birds by supporting bird conservation! Here are some ways you can help birds:

🐦 Keep cats indoors
🐦 Protect windows from bird collisions
🐦 Plant native plants
🐦 Purchase Conservation Stamps
🐦 Take a beginner birding
🐦 Drink bird-friendly coffee (Visit https://www.aba.org/coffee/ to learn more)
🐦 Don't release balloons
🐦 Properly discard used fishing line

BSBO's Biggest Week Visitors' Guide magazine offers many bird conservation messages and ways that YOU can help birds. Look for it on newsstands throughout NW Ohio, and check out the fabulous digital version (with clickable website links!) here: https://www.biggestweekinamericanbirding.com/visitors-guide-magazine.html

05/13/2025

05/10/2025

Warblers like this Common Yellowthroat are passing through the Eastern Shore right now—small, quick, and often hidden in plain sight. Book a guided birdwatching tour to learn the tricks for spotting the birds you’ve been hearing on the trail. 🥾💛🎶👂🏻