Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 13:32:52 -0700 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Leslie Fisher Subject: Turkey Point Hawk Watch-9/24 and Seasonal Update Comments: To: birdhawk MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The Turkey Point Hawk Watch is located on the Elk Neck Peninsula in Cecil County, MD, and operates with all volunteer counters 7 mornings a week, generally from 9 AM until noon. The watch began in 1994. >From 9/24, counter Rick Lee reporting: It started out pretty sucky this morning. The watch was fogged in until almost 11:00. I had 0 birds from 9:00 to 10:40. All the birds were seen from then until noon. OS 6 BE 1 SS 22 CH 2 RT 1 AK 4 TOT 36 Residents seen but not included: TV - 2, BE- 1 SEASONAL TOTALS including 9/24 data: 68.5 count hours, 618 raptors T. Vulture- 49 B. Vulture- 2 Osprey- 65 Bald Eagle- 39 Harrier- 3 Sharpie- 338 Coopers- 17 Red-shoulered-14 Broad-winged- 40 Red-tailed- 15 Kestrel- 23 Merlin- 6 Peregrine- 1 Unid- 8 We are hoping for big things on Wed. into the weekend after this front moves through. RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue to be seen, with most recent sighting, that I know of, on 9/21. Leslie Fisher Watch Coordinator Cecil County, MD ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================