Greetings,

I spent the morning walking the road at Turkey Point, in Eln Neck State 
Park south of North East at Turkey Point. Additionally I spent an hour or 
so at the Hawk Watch station. Other birders present included Monroe 
Harden, Dave Kimbel, and Pat Valdata.

While the early season Hawk Watching was a bust (from 9:00-11:30), there 
were plentey of passerines to keep me occupied. My first flock came in the 
parking lot around 7:00AM, were I had Red-eyed Vireo, EW Pewee, Empid sp., 
Ovenbird, Magnolia Warbler, N. Parula, Redstart, and Black and White 
Warbler. Plenty of noisy residents about as well, especially young 
Carolina Wrens and young WB Nuthatches. 

Further down the trail I ran into another active flock which included all 
of the previously mentioned birds plus Baltimore Oriole, RT Hummingbird, 
YB Cuckoo, White-eyed Vireo, and Blue-winged Warbler.

Still further along, and after I met up with Pat, Dave, and Monroe, were 
counted about a dozen more Baltimore Orioles which seemed to be migrating 
togther, addiditonally ten or more Empids were seen, as well as a few 
Pewees, Great-crested Flycatchers, Catbird, more Black and White Warblers, 
Redstarts, and a Black-throated Blue Warbler. 

At the Light House I found another loose flock of passerines that 
consisted of the previously listed warbler plus Common Yellowthroat, 
Gnatcatcher, Thrasher, a few Pileated Woodpeckers, a Laughing Gull, a 
large Sterna sp (Caspian?), and a dozen or more hummingbirds that seemed 
to be staging before puching of the cliffs and heading out over the bay. 
Also at the light house a large unidentified accipiter (Cooper's) was seen 
very briefly as it fluched a flock of waxwings over woods. 

Finally at the Hawk Watch we left looking at rapter-less skies, save a few 
local eagles, -it's early right? We did see the many Chimney Swifts, 
Waxwings, Kingbirds, and the following swallows, Barn, Tree, Rough-winged, 
and Martin. 

One other bird of note: At two different times I had Screech owls 
answering my calls, with a total of three olws heard

In all, it was a great morning with 56 species tallied.

Good Birding,
Chris Starling
North East, Md