At Turkey Point on Sunday 11 20 05 the total number of migrant hawks was 32 
(Red-taileds = 26;  Red-shoudereds = 3;  Sharp-shinneds = 3) plus 3 
resident Bald Eagles and 5 resident Turkey Vultures.  Observers were Gene 
Scarpulla and myself.  There were quite a few other birds heard and/or 
seen - see list below.
 
After lunch, Gene and I went on to look at gulls at North East Town Park.  
There was a small flock of gulls (maybe 50 birds) near the bandstand.  Also 
a few mallards plus Canada Geese and domestic geese and one lone Snow 
Goose.  We didn't do an exact count - birds were constantly shifting 
because there was a lot of human activity (translation:  small children 
were chasing the gulls and ducks and geese).  Most of the gulls were Ring-
billed (and they were mostly adults and first-winter birds, but also two 
second-winter birds and a few still in juvenile plumage), and there were 
also two Laughing Gulls, a couple of fly-by Great Black-Backed Gulls, and a 
couple of fly-by Herring Gulls.  Also notable were a dozen or more 
Forster's Terns plunge-feeding near the Naughti-Goose and also a few by the 
Upper Bay Museum.
 
Also seen/heard at Turkey Point were the following:
 
Possible Common Loon (1 heard, not seen, never called again, we looked on 
the water but couldn't spot one)
Tundra Swans (large number, heard at a distance but not seen)
Canada Geese
Duck Sp - 3 in flight at a distance, probably mergansers
Ring-billed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Common Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker 
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker 
Downy Woodpecker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
Northern Mockingbird
American Robin
Eastern Bluebird
Kinglet sp 
Cedar Waxwing
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Northern Cardinal
Dark-eyed Junco
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
American Goldfinch
 
end of report
 
Marcia

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Marcia Watson-Whitmyre
Elkton, MD