I spent 3 hours at CBEC yesterday morning (Wednesday) and enjoyed glorious 
weather ... but did not enjoy the plentiful mosquitos ... but only one 
no-see-um.  (Is there a late date for no-see-ums?)  I had  youth birders 
from Kennard Elementary School and 1 from Centreville MIddle School to help 
me out.  Among the usual we also had:

    Merlin -1  ... zipped by as he headed towards the Narrows
    Red-Tailed Hawk -1
    Sharp shinned Hawk - 1
    Bald Eagle - 3
    Cooper's Hawk -1
    Kestrel -1 - he had sole posession of what remained of the pond which is 
not much.  The pond was so small that no ducks were there.

    Brown-headed Nuthatch - many!
    Pine Siskin - heard, not many
    Blue-winged Teal - 4
    Bufflehead - many
    Ruddy Ducks - many, many
    Tundra Swan - 3
    Scaup (sp) - 4

Happy Thanksgiving to all and may we all enjoy the birds!

Jim Wilson
Queenstown

ps:  The 7th grade birder reported seeing 2 Golden Eagles over her home on 
Saturday.  After studying them for as long as they were in sight (her Mom 
and sister were not pleased that she did not fetch them, but she did not 
want to  loose them), she spent the next 30 minutes searching the internet 
and bird-books to try to confirm her sighting.  She believes that that is 
what they were.