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    • About Us - CVWO Overview
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Coastal Virginia Birdathon

    The Eastern Shore of Virginia - with Kiptopeke State Park at number four.

    2025 Coastal Virginia Birdathon

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    What is the Coastal Virginia Birdathon?

    Join the fun on September 27

    • The Coastal Virginia Birdathon (CVB) is hosted annually by CVWO and has gone by a few different names over the years. Grab your best birding buddies and binoculars and submit a bird list for a chance to win a prized trophy! 


    In this fun and friendly team birding competition, teams compete to identify the greatest number of bird species in a single day. The primary goals of the CVB are to raise funds for the Coastal Virginia Wildlife Observatory (CVWO) and to raise awareness of fall bird migration on the Eastern Shore and along the coastal plain of Virginia. The CVB occurs each year during peak migration when birds sing little and many have molted their breeding plumages. Add in hatch-year birds, and you'll see why its a challenge! The event is open to anyone. Participants can form their own team or a single individual can request to be placed with an existing team.


    What are the categories?

    • 24-Hour
    • 3-Hour
    • Youth
    • Special Venue ( a smaller area such as wildlife refuge, park or yard) 
    • Large Group (Bird club trip, etc.)


    There is no fee to participate, however, all teams are encouraged to secure sponsors for donations, such as per species or flat-rate pledges from individuals, bird clubs and businesses. All funds raised are used to support CVWO’s field research and environmental education programs. The geographic count area includes the land, rivers, ocean, and bay areas of the entire coastal plain of Virginia (the area east of the Fall Zone or roughly the area east of Interstate 95).


    To participate in this year's event, email cvwonews@gmail.com.

    SUPPORT A TEAM FOR 2025!

    The Islanders

    Wandering Wagtails

    Gulls Gone Wild

    Brian Taber

    Deborah Humphries

    Jim Easton

    Support the Islanders

    Gulls Gone Wild

    Wandering Wagtails

    Gulls Gone Wild

    Shirley Devan

    Nancy Barnhart

    Sue Mutell

    Joyce Lowry

    Babs Giffin

    Portia Belden

    Support the Gulls

    Wandering Wagtails

    Wandering Wagtails

    Wandering Wagtails

    Sarah O'Reilly

    Carolyn Morgan

    Caitlin Kufahl

    Support the Wagtails

    Fishing Longlegs

    Wandering Wagtails

    Wandering Wagtails

    Maryanna Fisher

    Support the Longlegs

    Wild Wings

    Historic Southside Sighters

    Counting Crows

    Susan Crockett, Gee Brownley, Harry Colestock, Rochelle Colestock, David Yeager, Shanna Ryan


    Support the Wild Wings

    Counting Crows

    Historic Southside Sighters

    Counting Crows

    Sage Church

    Audrey Anderson

    Support Counting Crows

    Laughing Falcons

    Historic Southside Sighters

    Historic Southside Sighters

    Bob Ake, David Clark, Cape Henry Audubon Society

    Support Laughing Falcons

    Historic Southside Sighters

    Historic Southside Sighters

    Historic Southside Sighters

    Beth Aberth, Cheryl Gray-McDonald, Lynn Wehner, Jean Cowan, Jenifer Purcell, Jamie Holloway

    Support Southside Sighters

    Morning Warblers

    Morning Warblers

    Morning Warblers

    Baxter Beamer

    Support Morning Warblers

    Previous Results

    View the 2022 Kiptopeke Challenge Results List here.


    View the 2021 Kiptopeke Challenge Results List here.


    View the Cumulative Kiptopeke Challenge Results, Since 1995, here.


    Read past stories and results in the CVWO News Room here.

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