Date:         Tue, 24 Jun 2003 20:05:48 -0400
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From:         Frank Powers <frankpowers@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Flycatchers & the C & O Canal
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George,

Thanks for the reply.  Frankly, I'm stumped.  They shouldn't be nesting
here, I don't think, right?  I'd checked the Atlas, and this just
doesn't seem to be their territory.  But I'm pretty sure what I heard
were two different birds, and their song & call suggest Yellow-bellied.

Others have suggested Acadian, or Peewee.  I'm going to listen again
tonight when I get home.  I'm pretty certain it wasn't a Peewee.
There's supposed to be another call/song an Acadian emits, but from
listening last night, I dunno'.

I will keep on trying though, and will contact Ringer via email.  This
is pretty late for a YBFL, but then it seems that there have been lots
of reports of late migrants this year.

If you can think of any tips that would help on my next jaunt down to
the Canal, I'd appreciate hearing them.

Best,

Frank



----- Original Message -----
From: "George M. Jett" <gmjett@comcast.net>
Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 7:47 pm
Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Flycatchers & the C & O Canal

> Frank
> I once had a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (YBFL) on June 3, 1991 at
> Allen'sFresh but none any later.  The last version of the Yellow
> Book list a June 6
> record.  Maybe Bob Ringer has some more recent data than 1996.
> YBFL is not
> listed in the Atlas Handbook.  This would be a great find if a nester.
> George
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Frank Powers" <frankpowers@comcast.net>
> To: <MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM>
> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 11:58 PM
> Subject: [MDOSPREY] Flycatchers & the C & O Canal
>
>
> > ...but first, the Red-shouldered Hawks I've been watching on
> their nest
> appear to have fledged.  No activity on or near the nest.  In
> fact, no
> Red-shouldered Hawks in evidence anywhere near there this evening.
> >
> > As for the flycatchers, has anyone seen a Yellow-bellied
> Flycatcher on the
> canal recently?
> >
> > It was too dark to get a view, so I wrote down the song and came
> back and
> listened to Stokes.  Actually, I wrote down two different songs,
> thinkingthey were two different birds, separated by at least 100
> yards.>
> > The first was like the "ch'week" Stokes describes for the Yellow-
> bellied;what I wrote down (and heard) was not the Acadian's "pit-
> seet," which I had
> thought it would be.  The second song was a dead-ringer for the
> "turweee" of
> the Yellow-bellied.  When I heard it on the Canal, it had me
> stumped; I
> don't recall hearing that sound before (definitely not an Eastern
> Wood-peewee's, with the hitch in it, nor the Carolina Chickadee's
> similarsounding call).
> >
> > But there shouldn't be any Yellow-bellied Flycatchers around
> here now,
> should there?
> >
> > Also seen along the canal of note were:
> >
> > Black-crowned Night Heron (seemed like an immature; acted that way,
> anyhow)
> > Wood Thrush (3 were singing at the parking lot on MacArthur at
> the start
> of the trail, 2 on the east side of the rd, 1 on the west)
> > Great-crested Flycatcher
> > Baltimore Oriole (male)
> > Brown-headed Cowbird (fledgling who barely moved and wouldn't
> get out of
> my way)
> >
> > Gorgeous evening for birding!! (and mosquitoes)
> >
> > Good birding,
> >
> > Frank Powers
> > Glen Echo, MD
> > Montgomery County
> > frankpowers@comcast.net
> >
> >
>
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