The Turkey Point section of the Park is at the extreme south end of Elk Neck, with magnificent clifftop views out over the water, especially from the lighthouse area at the tip of the Point.  There are a couple of small cattail marshes on the eastern side of the Point. 

Elk Neck State Park and Turkey Point offer good birding throughout the year.  The fall migration can be especially exciting, as the funnel shape of the peninsula concentrates south-bound birds that are reluctant to head out over the water.  Turkey Point has been the site of a fall hawk watch since 1994, with volunteer staffing by many Cecil Bird Club members and others.  Seventeen diurnal species of raptors have been seen during the hawk watch seasons (September 1 to Thanksgiving). 

The camping area on the Elk River side provides access to a marked nature trail leading through a fresh water marsh and some of the loop roads allow views of the Elk River.  Stop at the fee booth for the camping area to ask permission to bird, and for a campground map, and then explore.  The camping area is usually good in spring for warblers, vireos, flycatchers, and so on.

The Rogue's Harbor Boat Launch area is another good spot to scan the water, and provides access to a loop trail that circles yet another marsh.  To reach this trail, park in the first large lot and head all the way to the left (north).  The marsh can be good for ducks, rails, and herons.

From the Turkey Point car park, it is a 1.0 mile walk to the lighthouse at the Point.  Follow the gravel road visible beyond the gate, birding on the way.  Especially check out the trees on thecliffs to the west; many of the treetops will be at eye level, offering an excellent view of songbirds.  In the meadows on the way to the Point, look for birds along the edge of the woods. 

Once at the lighthouse, bear west (to the right when facing the water) toward the edge of the cliffs and pick up the trail along the cliff edge, at the junction of the woods and field.  This trail will loop back to the main lighthouse trail, and along the way passes through woods that are good for songbirds. 

Alternatively, from the Turkey Point parking lot there is a trail leading east into the woods (head directly away from the North East River).  This trail leads to a small marsh separating state land from the private community at Chesapeake Isles.  The marsh is good in winter for ducks and in fall and spring there may be migrating landbirds around the edge. Rails can also be found in the marsh, some year-round.

Migrating raptors may be observed from the second meadow on the way to the lighthouse, or at the lighthouse itself.  In winter, scan any visible water for ducks, loons, and grebes; in summer scan over the water for terns.

• Fall: Migrating hawks and other raptors and migrating songbirds, including warblers, flycatchers, vireos, tanagers, thrushes, orioles, cuckoos, finches, swallows, and grosbeaks. Terns pass through. Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, sparrows, kinglets, geese, ducks, loons, and grebes start to arrive and many will remain until spring. 
• Winter: Sapsuckers, sparrows, kinglets, geese, ducks, loons, and grebes. 
• Spring: Migration northward brings another wave of songbirds, essentially the same as fall. Many will stay to breed through the summer.
• Summer: Notable breeding birds include Red-Headed and Pileated Woodpeckers; Cerulean, Black-and-white, Prairie, and Worm-eating Warblers; Wood Thrush; Red-eyed, White-eyed, Yellow-throated and Warbling Vireos; Yellow-billed Cuckoos; Terns;  Ospreys;  Bald Eagles.
• Year-round residents: Bald Eagles, woodpeckers (including Red-headed and Pileated), goldfinches, cardinals, bluebirds, meadowlarks.