Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 13:09:47 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Rob (Robert) Hilton" Subject: Heads up: Alexandria, Virginia, Scissor-tail Comments: cc: marvadel@egroups.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi, This is a second hand report but I think it worth passing on. The location is within five miles (and possibly much closer) of where a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher was seen flying across Interstate 66 earlier this summer. It could be wandering toward Maryland, or it could be staying in Virginia, or it could be anywhere.... Best, Rob Hilton robert@csa.com Bethesda, MD >Hi > >I'm passing on a sighting of a Scissor-tail Flycatcher that was seen at >approximately 10:30 sitting on a wire along Taney Avenue in Alexandria in >front of Patrick Henry Elementary School. While I'm not the person who >saw it, the man who did is a birder/photographer who grew up in Texas, so >he's very familiar with the species. He stopped his car, backed up until >he was near it and opened his car's sun roof so he could look up at it >unobstructed. An attempt a half-hour later to relocate it was unsuccessful. > >Keep your eyes open!! > >Robin >Alexandria, VA > ========================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ========================================================================== ==========================================================================