Edward Boyd wrote:

> Jim Stasz just called to ask me to post that Hans Holbrook, Jim 
> Brighton and he had just seen a light phase adult Swainson's Hawk at 
> the fishing pier at Point Lookout. The bird was last seen drifting 
> northward. Most of the birds in the area seem to being doing the same 
> thing. Winds are not favorable and the birds seem to be reluctant to 
> cross the Potomac.
>
>
I have really been surprised at the number of Broad-winged Hawks passing 
over my house in Gaithersburg today.  Maybe 8 or 9 separate kettles.  
Some have had 70 - 80 birds in them.  I did not expect so many with the 
wind coming from the SE.  Even my non birding neighbors have been 
impressed. Also a Redtail, 2 Coopers, an Osprey and a couple of small 
gulls I could not identify because of the lighting. 

Andy Martin
Gaithersburg