Oct 05 2008
After Monday’s 1048 raptors counted at the Cape Henlopen hawk watch, the news spread over DE-BIRD (as the news of every day does) and through an article by Molly Murray in the News-Journal (featuring an Osprey photo by yours truly). Thursday, October 2nd, a sizable crowd assembled for what looked to be the next big flight [...]
Sep 22 2008
When I arrived at Kiptopeke, the southern tip of the Eastern Shore of Virginia, I was most excited to see the hawk watch site. Turns out it’s well situated on a low bluff above the Chesapeake Bay, in a narrow break in the woods. Birds stream by headed south; north winds with an easterly component [...]
Sep 07 2008
Undeterred by yesterday’s scarcity of storm-driven birds, we returned to Cape Henlopen first thing this morning to see if any birds that may have been blown into Delaware Bay were returning to the open ocean. It’s a longish walk out to the point, but very pleasant in the lovely post-storm weather.
A Sanderling probes for breakfast.
Sharon [...]
