Summer Series of Birding 2011 - Trip #3

Saturday, July 9

Time: 8 AM to mid-afternoon. Feel free to bring your lunch. We will take a lunch break around noon. Meeting Spot: Motel Frontiere, Highway 133, Philipsburg; BPQ Parking lot adjacent to the motel. This will be predominantly a driving trip. If you have two-way radios, please bring them along. Carpooling is also recommended, if possible.

DRIVING INSTRUCTIONS: From Montreal take the Champlain Bridge, following Autoroute 10-Eastern Townships Autoroute east to exit 22. Follow Highway 35 south to St. Jean to join Highway 133. Follow Highway 133 south to Philipsburg. Continue past the flashing light in Philipsburg, just prior to the U.S. border and cross the highway at the motel Frontiere, turning in to the small BPQ parking lot adjacent to the motel to the south. From Montreal, calculate approximately 90 minutes driving time to Philipsburg.

Here is a link to a Google map for driving instructions from the Champlain Bridge to Philipsburg

ITINERARY: From the parking lot, we will head to the waterfront in Philipsburg for a look along the shoreline of Missisquoi Bay. We will then head back along ch. St. Armand, exploring part of the reserve, and then continue east towards Saint Armand, Pigeon Hill and Frelighsburg, exploring backroads between chemin St-Armand down to the U.S. border. These roads offer a mixture of wooded areas, fields and farmland.

If you have any question, please contact me by e-mail, or by telephone at 450-462-1459. On the morning of the trip please call the BPQ cellphone at 514-637-2141.