Yesterday we began the 2005 season of the Turkey Point Hawk Watch.
We began with a bird walk led by Sean McCandless at 7 a.m.
Warblers abounded--I'll let Sean provide the details--and several of
us got life birds. We were entertained by great views of the resident 
Bald Eagles,
a pair of adults and two immatures--which seemed to disappear ten minutes
before any group of hikers would pass us and ask "Did you see any eagles?"

We had migrating raptors, too:
2 American Kestrel
2 Osprey
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
1 Broad-winged Hawk

Other sharpies were spotted, but they were hunting. One of the kestrels
swooped by with prey in its talons, hovered off the Point to eat in 
mid air, and then
continued south. Turkey Point Take-Out!


--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