Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 10:58:55 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Leslie Fisher Subject: Turkey Point 10/18-10/20(Golden Eagle) 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 in the Elk Neck State Park in Cecil County MD. Complete seasonal data and information can be found at www.udel.edu/cecilbirds Those interested in being paired with an experienced counter or volunteering can contact gonbrdn@dol.net Some of our regular counters will be away during parts of November. Falcons continue to come through and the occasional Red-shouldered, but the major buteo push has yet to begin. Our first GOLDEN EAGLE was counted on 10/20 by Rick Lee. The 10/18 count was slowish with 26 raptors in the AM: SS07, BE-2, TV-6, NH-1, CH-2, RS-3, BW-1, ML-2, AK-1, UR-1 Then on 10/19 the count picked up quite well with 128 raptors in 5.5 hrs: TV-17, OS-1, BE-5, NH-1, SS-85, CH-11, RT-1, AK-2, ML-2, UA-1 On 10/20, 52 raptors were counted in 3hrs: TV-30, NH-1, SS-15, CH-1, RS-1, BW-1, TR-2, GE-1 Leslie Fisher Count Coordinator ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================