Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 23:56:21 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: leslie fisher Organization: cecil bird club Subject: Turkey Point Hawk Watch- MD- 10/8-10/9- seasonal totals Comments: To: "BIRDHAWK@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello with the latest from Turkey Point: On 10/8, Marcia Whitmyre and the band of increasingly fanatical Cecil Hawkwatchers, and other observers, tallied 86 raptors: BV-3 TV-1 OS-1 BE-10 SS-42 CH-14 RS-2 BW-4 RT-2 AK-5 UA-1 10/9 was Rick Lees count day, 162 tallied ( 2nd highest count day for season ) with help from Charlie Gant, who stopped in with several friends, a visitor from Idaho, a family from Howard Co and others. Blustery North winds. Red-tails and " shoulders " are beginning to move!! YTD- 119 count hours TV-43 210 OS-1 61 BE-12 113 NH-0 6 SS-72 839 CH-6 105 RS-5 8 BW-2 353 RT-21 40 AK-0 76 ML-0 12 PG-0 4 Grand total: 1,847, count hours = 120 The Turkey Point Hawk Watch is located in Cecil County, MD and is part of the Elk Neck State Park. It was originated in 1994 by Gary Griffith, founding President of the Cecil Bird Club, and Charlie Gant, also a CBC member and long time member of Hawk Mountain, dating back to the days of Maurice Broun. The hawk watch is located in a meadow just before the southern point of the Elk Neck Peninsula. The point, which faces south, is at the head waters of the Chesapeake Bay, and overlooks the North East and Elk Rivers. Our best annual count came last year with 7,017 raptors and a strictly volunteer effort. For complete site information, direction, seasonal updates and past seasons data, visit www.udel.edu/cecilbirds Leslie Fisher Watch Coordinator ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================