For anyone interested in bird banding, or with an appreciation for Virginia"s wild Eastern Shore, Walter Post Smith"s nostalgic writings will strike a chord of familiarity. This is a memoir of one Virginian"s exploration of his passion for songbirds and raptors, and the comradery he found in his bird banding companions. Relive the "good old days" at Kiptopeke from 1963 into the late 1990"s, as Walter recounts poignant and humorous migratory banding adventures on the Eastern Shore with all the usual suspects: F. Pie (Doris), Charlie "Brown" Hacker, Mike & Dorothy Mitchell, Fred Scott, John Dillard and more.