Just to complete the list I wish to add an OSPREY that caught my attention
as I was about to leave the house at 1:00PM. It soared east in company of
2 Turkey Vultures and 2 Black Vultures rounding off the number of raptors
to 50 for the day. Not bad!

Frode Jacobsen


> Okay,
> As the flight slowed down I could finally tear myself away from the skies
> and get some work done. What a morning!!
>
> Total tally 10:00AM-12:15PM:
>
> Common Loon -- 27 heading north (many circling to gain altitude)
> Double-crested Cormorant -- 15
> Great Blue Heron -- 1
> Red-tailed Hawk -- 3 (1 AD, 2 SY)
> Red-shouldered Hawk -- 4 (1 resident pair)
> Broad-winged Hawk -- 20 (6 in one kettle)
> Cooper's Hawk -- 5
> Sharp-shinned Hawk -- 3
> Peregrine -- 1 (SY)
> Merlin -- 2
> American Kestrel -- 1 M
> Black Vulture -- 4
> Turkey Vulture -- 5
> Chimney Swift -- 1
> Barn Swallow -- 3
> Tree Swallow -- 2
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher -- 1 singing
> Pine Siskin -- 1 fly-by
>
> Can't wait 'till tomorrow!
>
> Good birding!
>
> Frode Jacobsen
> Parkview Trail, Windsor Mill 21244
>
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