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Bird behavior questions and Hawk Mountain question

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Matthew Von Hendy

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Matthew Von Hendy

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Fri, 4 Sep 2009 08:23:01 -0700

Some bird behavior questions:
 
1) Last weekend, I was fortunate to get a great extended look at a Red Headed woodpecker at Hughes Hollow.  The bird spent at least 20 minutes actively hawking insects.  I don't know if I have seen any other type of woodpecker do this--is this fairly typical behavior?
 
2) Also last weekend, I watched 3 separate double-crested commorants flying down the Potomac staying just about a foot or two above the surface of the water but not landing.  I watched each of these birds fly down for at least a mile.  Is this typical migrating behavior (they just follow low over the river?) and are they coming into roost for the night?
 
Hawk Mountain
 
My wife and I are planning on taking a trip to Hawk Mountain later this month (probably overnight).  It has been many years since I have been probably 15 years or so.  I would appreciate any advice/suggestions in terms of places to stay etc.  I do remember that fall weekends bring out droves of people many of whom did not seem particularly interested in birds.  Please send responses to this question off-line to me at 
 
Thank you,
 
Matt (Rockville)