I had four at Town Hill on Saturday.  No Hawks, just a Chimney Swift, a
few Tree Swallows, a number of Purple Finches and the four Great Blue
Herons.  I did finally have 2 Broad-winged Hawks and 1 Red-Tail further
down Oldtown Road.  I also have a Broad-winged Hawk adding sticks to
last years nest on my property in Frostburg.  I hope it stays around
again this summer.

J.B.

Frostburg, MD

>>>  4/16/2004 5:46:49 PM >>>
Joe,

I've seen it a few times while watching migrating hawks. The most
memorable was right about this time several years ago.  There were five
or six herons travelling together.  They reached a thermal and went into
a perfect circle, beak to toes, and rode it up as high as they could,
then peeled off and went on their way, again in formation.

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From: Joe McDaniel <>
Date: 2004/04/16 Fri PM 02:34:31 EDT
To: 
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Great Blue Herons in formation?

I don't see a lot of Great Blue Herons in Frederick County, but there
were three flying in formation (not enough for a "V" but staggered just
like three Canadas might fly) transiting from west to east this morning.
I thought this very unusual as I have never seen a group of herons
flying together so purposfully (obviously going somewhere).

Best,

Joe McDaniel
Monrovia, MD

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