Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 06:58:45 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Robert Ringler Subject: Re: Willow Flycatcher, Lake Artemesia MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Jack, The behavior you described is typical of a Willow Flycatcher on territory. Look for evidence of nesting. Bob Ringler ----- Original Message ----- From: Jack Saba To: Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 9:33 AM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Willow Flycatcher, Lake Artemesia > A probable Willow Flycatcher was singing about 8:30 this morning on the peninsula at Lake Artemesia. > > I'm not very familiar with any of the Empidonax flycatchers other than Acadian, so am not completely certain that this was a Willow, but that id matches the word-images of the song better than an Alder would, as far as I could tell. I would appreciate a confirmation of the id if anyone else sees/hears the bird. > > When going between perches 50-100 feet apart, the bird's flight style was very much like that of an Eastern Kingbird. Is this normal for the species? ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================