Turkey Point- Fri. am
Harry Fisher (fish8553@dpnet.net)
Fri, 11 Sep 1998 12:44:26 -0400
Hi All:
Another great morning @ Turky Point, quite a warbler fall out, hawks
were moving too. I was probably lucky if I got on 10 % of the early
morning warblers, there were that many, extremely active and hard to
know where to focus. Also high up, somewhat back-lit- excuses ,
excuses. Maybe my lack of expertise?? My husband gave up after 10
min., about average for him, and moved on to the Hawk Watch, leaving me
to sort through the crowd on my own. Had a good time and did get good
looks @ the birds I saw.
Parula- 5
Black-white W.- 7, several first fall females( why can`t there be a key
for gender?)
Black-throated Blue- 4, all males
Chestnut-sided W.- 15, mostly first fall f.with lime-green heads, pale
underneath, white eye ring and yellow wing bars.
Magnolia W.- 23, mostly first fall birds
CAPE MAY WARBLERS- 4, 3 fall adult males with chestnut auricular
patches, yellow underparts with heavy black streaking ventrally, white
wing bars , yellow on side of neck and black eye line. The 4th was an
imm. f., greenish rump , thin white wing bars, faint eye line, faint
yellow on side of neck, very gray above and faint streaking below. This
is the 4th time in a row I`ve had Cape Mays @ TP, all in scrub cedars.
Black-throated Green - 12
Bay Breaste W-3, first fall birds with very buffy breasts.
Wilsons W.-1, disctinct black cap, beady black eye, yellow undertail
coverts.
Common Yellow Throat- 5
Redstart-17, several very bright males.
Raptor totals between 8-11:30
Bald Eagles- 7, 2 adult, 5 imm.
Sharpies- 42
Coops-2 ( one with bulging crop, joking about warbler ID. by the crop
bulge.)
Osprey- 1
Broadwings- 21 ( Geoff Graff, I am gnashing my teeth in envy over your
back yard totals). Oh well, these BW were up close and personal,
affording great views. Probably our best morning out here so far this
season.
The lawn calls-
Leslie Fisher
Cecil Co.MD