Hi everyone,

Yesterday, Monday, 9/12 in the late afternoon in my Jessup yard I had a fall plumaged adult male Cape May Warbler.  It was foraging in a large 4 foot patch of Eupatorium serotinum I had planted in my yard earlier this summer.  Basioally, I planted the Eupatorium because it attracts MANY insects which can include butterflies, moths, bees, wasps, beetles, etc.  It has been a great plant for this purpose, and, seeing the Cape May glean insects from the underside of the leaves was really neat to watch!

Now, on to today, Tuesday, 9/13.  I got home late in the afternoon and was working on closing my pool, which is very close to the Eupatorium patch.  All of a sudden I see the plants shaking and then I see the Cape May again! Today made for some incredible viewing because I was only about 6 feet from the plants and could really see a lot of detail of the bird.  It stayed in the patch for over 10 minutes, then flew off to the back woods.

Peter Osenton
Jessup, Md. (AA Co.)

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