I am getting tired of noting how s-l-o-w Turkey Point had been this year, at
least on the Thursdays when I've been there, but here we go again. A low
overcast and mist that rolled in around 11:00 held down the activity.

Bob Strahorn and I strolled in past the White-throated Sparrows and Cardinals,
stopping to watch a Yellow-rumped Warbler that had flycatcher aspirations.
It gave us pause for a while because it kept its yellow rump out of sight
when perched, and when trying to hover to catch insects, its 
spread-out tail feathers
made the white area look very extensive. I have never seen one do 
that flycatcher behavior before.
The Point is quite busy with Yellow Rumps right now. Like Chickenman, 
they're everywhere.

As for raptors, we saw 1unidentified accipiter just as we arrived at 9:15;
5 Sharp-shinned Hawks between 10-11 a.m.;  2 Sharpies and 1 unidentified
accipiter--all I can say is that it was too big to be a Sharpie--after 11:00.

Only 1 TV the whole morning, 1 adult Bald Eagle and 1 immature, all residents.
Few Blue Jays, more Robins, and 1 Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker were there,
and some lingering Tree Swallows. We left at 11:45.

On the way home on Union Church Road (near Pleasant Hill) I saw the big pond
was full of geese. All were Canadas except for one dark Snow Goose with
a few speckles on its white head.

--Pat

Pat Valdata, Elkton, MD | 
"The natural function of the wing is to soar upwards
and carry that which is heavy up to the place where dwells the race of gods.
More than any other thing that pertains to the body
it partakes of the nature of the divine." --Plato