From my driveway in Havre de Grace (Harford County) I saw a group of about
13-15 Broad Wings fly over at high altitude at 4:00 PM today. They were not
in a kettle- they were in a loose formation heading southwest at a pretty
good clip.

I also saw two Bald Eagles, Two Turkey Vultures, and a Black vulture lazily
circling overhead.  They were lower than the Broad Wings, and they were just
flying in circles- not moving in a noticeable southerly direction.

Monroe Harden
Havre de Grace, MD


-----Original Message-----
From: Maryland Birds & Birding [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Chris Starling
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 3:54 PM
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Subject: [MDOSPREY] Cecil 9/17 Many Migrants! (ANSP / NE River)

Greetings


I spent a lovely four hours on the Elk Neck Peninsula this morning, most of
which were at Turkey Point. I ended at noon with 60 species; the majority
were found during my two plus mile walk at TP. In all TP held loads of
migrants with most of them found all the way out at the light house. Good
number of ten different species of warbler, three vireos, and other
neotropic passerines present. Ann Demott (sp?) was working the hawk watch so
my numbers are not indicative of what was officially recorded.  But I did
have two nice little Broad-winged Kettles! Other notables included Cape May
Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Philadelphia Vireo, and my FOS Ruby-crowned
Kinglet.



Following my foray to Elk Neck, I took a leisurely four hour cruise around
the Hances Point area of the North East River and picked up another four
species for the day. Here I found two more cormorants, about 250 Ring-billed
Gulls, 50 Laughing Gulls, 15 Great Black-backed Gulls, 2 Herring Gulls, and
one more Caspian Tern. Zero Forster's Terns were seen. However on Saturday
there were approximately 30 of them loafing around the Charlestown Marinas
(North East River).

<<SNIP Chris' bird list>>