[MDOsprey] Turkey Point-9/12
leslie fisher (gonbrdn@dol.net)
Thu, 16 Sep 1999 09:34:34 -0400
Hi All: ( Sorry for the lateness of this report, computer problems!!)
Not a bad hawk flight this am, even with the extremely light to
non-existent SW winds. Observers Sean McCandless, Marcia Whitmyre, Harry
Fisher and myself.
Ospr-2
CH-5
BE-13
SS-25
BW-4
AK-5
NH-1
RT-3
falcon sp-1
TV-4
The concentration of warblers was probably the highest I`ve ever seen at
TP. At times, we had to simply put down our binos to take in the frenzy
in general. As follows, 16 species and approximations:
Black-throated Green- 5, Prairie- 3, Cape May- 5, Black-throated Blue-
10, Common Yellow-throat- 6, Magnolia- 50, Nashville- 5, Tennessee- 12,
Black-white- 2, Blue-wing- 1, Chestnut-sided- 30, Baybreasted- 5,
Redstart- 12, Parula- 5, Canadian-3
Blackburnian- 6.
Other migrants:
Bobolinks, Cliff Swallow- 3, Red-breasted Nuthatch- 50, Purple Finch- 3,
Rose-breasted
Grosbeak- 7, Summer Tanager- 1, Alder Flycatcher- 1 ( heard and seen ),
Willow Flycatcher- 1, Least Flycatcher-1, Yellow-billed cuckoo- 3,
Ruby-throated Hummingbird- 20.
Resident Redheaded Woodpeckers ( 3 ) were frequenting the clearing as
well.
Leslie Fisher
Cecil County