This report is forwarded on behalf of Jan Reese and Andrew Bullen who shared
leadership of morning birding and hawk watching on Sunday, October 5, at
Black Walnut Point on Tilghman Island.
 
Sightings:
 
DC Cormorant     -  80
Great Blue Heron - 8
Black Vulture - 4
Turkey Vulture - 12
Osprey - 1
Bald Eagle - 6
Northern Harrier - 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 60+
Cooper's Hawk - 5
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
American Kestrel - 3
Peregrine Falcon - 1
Royal Tern - 5
Mourning Dove - 32
RT Hummingbird - 1
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 9
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 12
Northern Flicker - 35
Blue Jay - 450
American Crow - 5
Carolina Chickadee - 15
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 4
Brown-headed Nuthatch - 6
Carolina Wren - 8
Eastern Bluebird - 12
Northern Mockingbird - 10
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 4
Pine Warbler - 2
Eastern Towhee - 1
House Finch - 12
 
Les Roslund
Talbot County
Easton MD 21601