While waiting for a plumber to come I had some surprisingly good 
birding from my suburban yard in Randallstown yard (northeast of 
Liberty and Old Court Roads) this morning.

I was looking at the top of a neighbor's spruce true and there was a 
bird with a bright yellow underside and face and with a big, bold wing 
bar: a Cape May Warbler.  I had been looking there for years in hopes 
one would show up. Nice start.

I scanned the skies with out seeing anything for a while. Then a 
Turkey Vulture led me to a kettle of about 30 Broadwings. Soon more 
and more kettled and streamed  towards the southwest adding up to 
about 120. Around 11:15 there was another passage of about 140. Around 
12:00 there was another cluster of about 80 - for a total of about 340 
Broadwings.

In the midst of this a fairly low adult Bald Eagle cruised by on the 
same course. A local Redtail and two local Red-shoulders circled 
overhead. Also 8 Cormorants flew by heading due south in a V - only my 
second sighting of this species at home.

Another pleasant surprise: The plumbing wasn't too expensive.

Steve Sanford
Randallstown, Baltimore County
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