Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 13:25:17 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: leslie fisher Organization: cecil bird club Subject: Turkey Point- MD- 10/22, 10/24 ( Lincoln Sparrow ) 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: No data from 10/23 yet, will post. 10/22 NE 5+ winds: Marcia Whitmyre for AM count with 3 Cecil regulars and other visitors, Leslie Fisher on afternoon shift for a total of 5 3/4 hrs, tallied: T. Vultures- 55 B. Vultures- 4 Bald Eagle- 10 Osprey- 2 Red-tailed- 14 Red-shouldered- 6 Sharpie- 11 Coops- 8 Merlin- 1 ( and one dead goldfinch!! ) Unid. Falc- 1 10/24- very light winds from North at 9:30, shifted to SE by noon, grand total of 2 birds all AM, 1 TV and 1 Sharpie, counter Leslie Fisher. However, I succumbed to boredom and many chip notes, birded SW edge for a bit and found LINCOLN SPARROW, new county and state bird for me. Denis Quin came along, birded the same area, and came up with 2 LISP as well, , so they`re out there!! Season count over 3,000 now. 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================