Today the Centreville Middle School birding team took a trip to Hawk Mountain. Good day for raptor migration, and also for warblers. Raptors picked up just when the heat came in.

Trial to overlooks, near outhouses:

BLUE-HEADED VIREO  1
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Scarlet Tanager (female)  2
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Blue Jay  2
Carolina Wren  1


South Overlook:

Turkey Vulture  4
Broad-winged  3
Sharp-shinned  3
Red-tailed  2


Woods next to North Overlook

NASHVILLE WARBLER  1
Black-throated Blue Warbler  1
Black-throated Green Warbler  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blackpoll (first winter female) 1
Blue Jay  3


North Overlook
   
Turkey Vulture 7
Black Vulture  5
Sharp-shinned  2
Cooper's  1
Northern Harrier  1
Osprey  1
Broad-winged  2
Red-tailed 3
American Crow  2
Common Raven  1

For more information on Hawk Mountain, visit  HawkMountain.org 

Happy Birding, 
Amanda Spears 
Centreville, MD