Hello everyone,

I trust you're enjoy this lovely Saturday. Just a quick note about my
hour at Point Lookout yesterday morning.  I enjoyed an hour of
pre-work birding, the highlights of which were a Peregrine Falcon over
the bay, a Common Loon off the jetty in the Bay, lots of Yellow-Rumps
and Pine Warblers and loads and loads of Monarch Butterflies.  And I
mean lots.   If you're interested in seeing a nice concentration of
them, yesterday was splendid and I imagine that it's still quite good.

Here at home in Annapolis I've had a Ruby-Throated Hummingbird still
dropping by my freshly-cleaned and filled feeders.  I took loads of
photos of this bird a short while ago, in the hopes that, well...  I'm
still hoping.  Odd perching behavior that I noticed: lots of
scratching, preening and this inebriated-looking routine of bobbing of
it's head left to right to left.  I'll have to check my nectar recipe.
 Was I not supposed add those spirits?

Lastly, FOS Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker has reached Annapolis.

Good Birding,

Dan Haas
West Annapolis, MD  (Uhm Pah, Uhm Pah. Home of tomorrow's Octoberfest
Street Festival!)