The Turkey Point Hawk Watch begins Saturday, September 3, with a
guided bird walk led by peerless leader Sean McCandless. I am putting
together the schedule of watchers, and I invite you to join us at Turkey point
this year. In particular, we need watchers who can be there from 9 a.m. until
noon or 1 p.m. on weekdays between September 3 and Thanksgiving weekend.

Turkey Point, if you are not familiar with it, is an 80-foot cliff at 
the south end
of Elk Neck in Cecil County. We do not see the numbers of Broad-Winged Hawks
that inland hawk watches do, but we attract a wide variety of 
migrating raptors,
and we get exceptional views of Red-Shouldered Hawks. It is a lovely site, just
a 15-minute walk from the parking lot, with only a small hill to climb,
no mountains. We have picnic tables and benches on site and we will be
sharing a porta-potty with the local lighthouse group. The view from the point
is a spectacular panorama of the upper bay.

If you want to participate, but you can't do the walk from the lot to the site,
please let me know, and I'll see what arrangements we can make with the
park rangers.

I hope some of you can commit to a regular weekday visit! Please let me know
via email, or feel free to call me at 410-398-2603. Thanks!

--Pat

Pat Valdata, Elkton, MD | 
"The natural function of the wing is to soar upwards
and carry that which is heavy up to the place where dwells the race of gods.
More than any other thing that pertains to the body
it partakes of the nature of the divine." --Plato