Cool and cloudy with south winds today. There were lots of "LBJs" I could
not identify, and at least one warbler-ish bird whose yellow abdomen I had
only the briefest look at. I really need to learn flight notes!

The grass is greener than it was during all of September. There were small
emerald-colored grasshoppers, a buckeye, some sulfurs, and about ten
monarchs. 

Pat Valdata
Elkton, MD

Location:     Turkey Point Hawk Watch
Observation date:     10/6/10
Notes:     Blue Jays in dramatic numbers today--total is an estimate and
probably conservative. About 400 left the point at 8:45 this morning.
Chimney Swifts passed over from north to south in ones and twos. 
Number of species:     34

Canada Goose     6
Double-crested Cormorant     30
Black Vulture     1
Turkey Vulture     3
Bald Eagle     5
Sharp-shinned Hawk     11
Cooper's Hawk     1
Merlin     2
Peregrine Falcon     2
Ring-billed Gull     5
Chimney Swift     11
Red-bellied Woodpecker     5
Downy Woodpecker     1
Hairy Woodpecker     2
Northern Flicker     6
Pileated Woodpecker     1
Eastern Phoebe     1
Blue Jay     550
American Crow     8
swallow sp.     5
Carolina Chickadee     2
Tufted Titmouse     1
Red-breasted Nuthatch     3
White-breasted Nuthatch     2
Carolina Wren     1
Eastern Bluebird     1
American Robin     1
Gray Catbird     1
European Starling     35
Cedar Waxwing     20
Common Yellowthroat     3
Eastern Towhee     2
Scarlet Tanager     1
Northern Cardinal     5
American Goldfinch     11

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