Greetings,

Yesterday my daughter and I joined John Taylor at the Turkey Point Hawk 
Watch in Cecil County. During the hour or so that I was there the raptor 
flight was brutally slow. Accitpitors led in numbers with more Cooper's 
then sharpies. One Red-tailed and one Osprey flew over as did a loon sp. 
also. After sitting with John I decided to take my daughter down the path 
to see the lighthouse while there I got a quick look at a very interesting 
bird. It was a largish accipitor that at first I thouhgt "what is that" I 
quickly ruled out buteos and harrier. this bird was certainly an accipitor. 
Lighting was terrible and there was nothing to compare it to in terms of 
size. The only fild marks that I could discern were the obvious 
accipitor "GISS" and the heavy barring on the abdomen. I saw the bird for 
about 30 seconds before it dissapeared. About 5 minutes later the same bird 
reappeared this time with a TV, so now I could compare it's size. this bird 
was certainly large, but could it just be a big Cooper's?  It wasn't 30 
seconds later that a Cooper's AND a sharpy flew into view. this allowed for 
GREAT comparisons. I am hesitate to firmly say that this was indeed a 
Northern Goshawk, as I have VERY limited experiences with this bird....but, 
what else could it have been?

Other birds around Turkey Point were; yellow-rumped Warbler, Palm Warbler, 
Redstart, black and White Warbler, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Hairy Woodpecker, 
Eastern Phoebe, Junco, Towhee, and Chimney Swift.

Good Birding,
Chris Starling