Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 14:33:25 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: gonbrdn Subject: Turkey Point- MD-11/17, 18th 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: Flights continue to be slow and the front passing through did not produce any increase in numbers today. 11/17 Don and Judy Bayard reported 50 birds, 31 of which were Turkey Vultures!! However, they did have a nice flight of 5 BALD EAGLES. Others were 9 Sharp-shinned, 2 Coopers Hawks, 2 Red-shouldered and 1 Red-tailed . 11/18 Candi Lee reported a gorgeous day, but few birds, winds from the west, 3 hrs observation with : 5 TV, 2 Black Vulture, 2 SS, and 19 RT. Inching towards 5,000, we`ll see what tomorrow brings!! 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================