How unusual is it for a junco to have weird tail feathers? Last year, I had
a junco whose tail was half white, half gray-white on the left half, gray on
the right. Today I looked at the flock under the feeder in my yard and
there's a  junco with that tail pattern.

 

At Turkey Point today, I didn't see any warblers. The coolest birds were
swans-a small flock flew past the parking lot just as I arrived. There are
big flocks of Cedar Waxwings, and I saw an immature waxwing among the grapes
in a tree behind the hawk watch table. It appeared to be getting foraging
lessons from its parents, which seems a bit late. Also late was a passing
Monarch butterfly.

 

Hawks were mostly Red-shouldered. Once again there were no falcons-we are
having an unusually low falcon count out there this year.

 

Bander Ken Heselton had at least three Saw-whets last night. He'll be back
on the 10th.

 

Pat Valdata

Elkton, MD