Greetings,

(CECIL): Yesterday (8/22) after the cold front I decided to go to Turkey
Point in Cecil County to see if any migrants were moving about.
Unfortunatly it was also my wife's birthday so I was only "allowed" to stay
an hour ot two.  birds were there I only wish I had more time to browse
through them!  I did get 33 species in a little over an hour. Most notably
was a lone Canada Warbler working along with other passerines. below is the
list of migrants seen at Turkey Point (Elk Neck State Park):

Cooper's Hawk (1)
Bald Eagle (resident)
Chimney Swift (6)
Great-crested Flycatcher (1)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (8)
Least Flycatcher (1)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (3)
House Wren (1)
Ruby-throated Hummer (1)
Pine Warbler (4)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (3)
Blackburnian Warbler (1)
Northern Parula (2)
Canada Warbler (1)
Redstart (3)
Baltimore Oriole (3)
Scarlet Tanager (1)

(HARFORD): Today, 8/23, I took a few minutes while on a stand-by here at
work to bird a section of road at the southerly end of Gunpowder Neck at
the Edgewood Area of APG. birds were few and far between but I did manage
to get at least 2 and possibly 3 Eastern Screech Owls to answer my
immitations! Other birds around were numerous Eastern Wood-Pewees, one
Yellow-billed Cuckoo, a few Red-eyed Vireos, four Mute Swans and a couple
of Killdeer in the fields on they way down to the point. Also this morning
I noticed that the Ruggles Golf Course at the Aberdeen Area of APG is
holding around 100 Killdeer. I remember last year noting this took place in
the same area.  I wish i had my scope to see if there were other shorebirds
with them. I fell that they will stick around for a little while as they
did last year, so perhaps I can get a better look later?...
Cowbird and martin flocks are growing steadily on both army posts, however,
I have not seen the LARGE martin flock that roosted near building E5005
since last week.

Good Birding,
Chris Starling
North East, MD