Oct. 6 flight, Ferry Neck.

[Harry Armistead]

October 6, 2026

Rigby’s Folly, Ferry Neck,

Talbot County, MD

substantial flight as recorded by George Armistead, 67 species.  Flight was headed North, reorientation direction in the early morning:

wild turkey 14

bald eagle 3

yellow-bellied sapsucker  7 (cf. 20 on Oct. 13, 1991)

red-bellied woodpecker 26** (previous highs of 8, Oct. 10, 1981 & Oct. 18,    

   1990)

northern flicker 44

peregrine flacon 1

eastern phoebe 16

blue jay 1,480 (previous high: 1,025, Oct. 1, 1972) ***

brown-headed nuthatch 2

brown thrasher 5

marsh wren 1* (5th property record)

white-crowned sparrow 1*

Lincoln’s sparrow 2*

swamp sparrow 34

warblers (9 species)

*= also seen Oct. 7  

RBWoodpecker,  long-held to be a sedentary, non-migratory species, but big counts were done a few years ago, for the 1st time, in MD & Philadelphia.

blue jay: incl. a single flock of 140.