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Burgundy Center for Wildlife Studies

email: bcws2@earthlink.net

Location

HC 83 Box 38DD

Capon Bridge, WV 26711

phone/fax: 304.856.3758

Business Office

3700 Burgundy Rd.
Alexandria, VA 22303
phone (703) 960-3431
fax. (703) 960-5056



You wake early because it's noisy outside! Not sirens and traffic: it's a symphony of birdsong. The insistent wrens and flycatchers mix with the buzzy notes of a rare Cerulean Warbler, the drum of a Downy Woodpecker and the raucous call of a Pileated. Gradually you pick out the soft burble of the stream. Sunbeams are slanting through the woods, highlighting dew on the green leaves.

WHERE ARE YOU? In a remote valley of the West Virginia Appalachians.
Tiptoeing out of the cabin, you pause at the bottom step as a Phoebe flies in to feed her young under the eaves. You head down the path for a walk.

Coming out into the field, you surprise some deer who are grazing there. They freeze in place and then bound into the nearby thicket. You cross to the pond, smell the crushed mint underfoot and stop to pick a leaf to chew on. Dragonflies are already patrolling their territories, and Red-spotted Newts are floating just under the surface. Crouching down, you catch a newt and let it walk back off your hand into the water. Along the bank you see fresh digging and tracks -- a raccoon has feasted on a turtle nest and left the eggshells everywhere.

HOW DO YOU KNOW? From the BCWS staff, and from doing a project of your choice.

The "polar bear" swimmers arrive and invite you to join them for a wake-up dip. Then you all return to the main lodge, but stop suddenly: a harmless Black Rat Snake is lazily crossing your path. Then the old farm bell rings, so you continue on to breakfast, leaving him to his.

WHO ARE YOU EATING WITH? The whole camp fits at 6 tables, including the dynamic, inventive staff who help make up this friendly, non-competitive community. And the food is really good!

As you talk, joke, and sing with others at your table, you wonder what will be offered for choices that day....Leaf printing tee shirts? Sinkhole hike?


Click Here to download 2010 Brochure

Click Here to download 2010 Registration Form


Forms for Registered Campers

Junior Program
Welcome Letter
Goals and Program Description (please read before signing permissions form)
Health Form Instructions
Health Forms
Over-the-Counter and Prescription Medicine Forms
Permissions and Authorizations Form
Equipment List

Senior Program
Welcome Letter
Goals and Program Description (please read before signing permissions form)
Health Form Instructions
Health Forms
Over-the-Counter and Prescription Medicine Forms
Permissions and Authorizations Form
Equipment List

Adult Program
Welcome Letter
Health Forms


2010 Tuition Rates
Senior Program Ages 11-15 Session One: Sunday, June 27 - Saturday, July 10
(WAITLIST ONLY)
$1320

Session Two: Tuesday, July 13 - Tuesday, July 27*
(BOYS - WAITLIST ONLY)
 $1320
Session Three: Tuesday, August 3 - Monday, August 16
(WAITLIST ONLY)
$1320

*Note: Session 2 is designed for campers who have already attended the Senior Program, and is intellectually and physically more rigorous.

Junior Program Ages 8-10
Sunday, August 22 - Saturday, August 28
 $770
 
 (WAITLIST ONLY)
 
Adult Weekend Ages 21 + Friday, July 30 - Saturday, August 1
 $235 (single)/ $415 (double)
 


2010 SLIDE SHOW INFORMATION


SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 2010
2:00 PM

AUDUBON NATURALIST SOCIETY
8940 JONES MILL ROAD
CHEVY CHASE, MD 20815


SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6. 2010
11:00 AM

BURGUNDY FARM COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
3700 BURGUNDY ROAD
ALEXANDRIA, VA 22303


FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 703.842.0470

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Burgundy Center for Wildlife Studies

email: bcws2@earthlink.net

Location

HC 83 Box 38DD

Capon Bridge, WV 26711

phone/fax: 304.856.3758

Business Office

3700 Burgundy Rd.
Alexandria, VA 22303
phone (703) 960-3431
fax. (703) 960-5056


 

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