With the forecasted northwest winds, I took a trip to Turkey Point.  I was only able to stay until 11:30am, but in that time the diurnal migration was pretty solid.  The big highlight for me were the Black-capped Chickadees.  These were the first out-of-range Black-caps I've ever seen.  I positively identified 6 by sight and sound.  2 of these were hanging around the hawk watch field most of the morning, even singing.  The other 4 were ones that dropped in behind the picnic tables after flying over the field.  There were 8 others that flew over, that looked like Black-caps, but never stopped for confirmation.  
 
On a hunch I called Jim Gruber, the bander at Chino Farms, and asked him if had banded any Black-caps recently.  "Yesterday" he said.  Even more surprising was another he banded on Oct 18th!  
 
Here are my estimates for selected other migrants:
 
Red-throated Loon - 1 (don't know how many others I missed, only saw this high-flier while looking at a low raptor)
Double-crested Cormorant - 4
Canada Goose - 400
Richardson's Goose - 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 33
Cooper's Hawk - 5
Red-shouldered Hawk - 9
Red-tailed Hawk - 22
American Kestrel - 2
Merlin - 2
Peregrine Falcon - 3
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 3
Black-capped Chickadee - 6+
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 3
White-breasted Nuthatch - 3 (flying over the hawk watch)
Eastern Bluebird - 40
American Robin - 400
Cedar Waxwing - 200
Myrtle Warbler - 4 (seems really low)
Yellow Palm Warbler - 1
Chipping Sparrow - 15
White-throated Sparrow - 35
Slate-colored Junco - 20
Rusty Blackbird - 50+ (flocks on the walk down, and flyovers all morning)
Purple Finch - 50+ (same as blackbird)
American Goldfinch - 35
 
Matt Hafner
Bel Air, MD