Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 12:13:43 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Rob (Robert) Hilton" Subject: Heads up: Arlington, Va. scissor-tail flycatcher sighting Comments: cc: marvadel@egroups.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" This recently came through the Va. bird listserv. Seems one can find this species almost anywhere this spring and summer. And it was on a course for Maryland and or DC. Keep your eyes to the sky! Rob Hilton robert@csa.com Bethesda, MD > >Hi birders! > >This morning at exactly 10:02 AM, on my way from N. Arlington to Falls Church >on I-66 west, I was stunned by the sight of a single scissor-tail flycatcher >that flew directly across the Interstate, headed south > north, and into the >wooded margin to the right of the westbound lanes of I-66. > >The species was unquestionable - I know them well, both from constant looks >in Texas in April, and from recent observations in Culpeper: I was too >stunned (and traveling too fast) to distinguish gender. > >What's going on here? > >Leni Friedman >Arlington, VA > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================