Re: Cecil Co,/ Turkey Point Trip
Marcia Watson-Whitmyre (mww@UDel.Edu)
Mon, 08 Jun 1998 12:50:57 -0400
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Marshall,
Will do as you suggest and will keep an eye on the Least Flycatcher. It and the
Willows are in a spot that is accessible by car. And I'll have to check my notes,
but I think I may have had Least in June at Fair Hill, maybe last year or the year
before. That Least, however, was NOT in an accessible spot - in fact, it was in
just about the most remote part of the property.
Leslie and I have found Virginia Rail at Bethel and Courthouse Point this year,
and King Rail at a little marsh on Telegraph Road north of Warwick. In late
winter, I also had a King at Courthouse Pt. Also, Common Moorhen and American
Coots (but I never remember if gallinules are considered rallids) are at Bethel -
probably breeding. One April a couple years back, I had a single Black Rail at
Bethel - heard and seen. We would like to find a Clapper Rail spot in Cecil, but
so far no luck Leslie, I don't think we ever did come up with Sora this year,
did we?
The Blue-winged Teal had 7 or 8 downy young with her. She was at Courthouse Pt,
where we have found teal breeding in past years. I was pleased with the Willet -
it was a county first for me. We heard it calling but could not see it at
Courthouse Point.
Good luck with your observations in Nevada. I birded the southeast corner of the
state 2 summers ago. I hope you get to Parahnagat NWR - it is underbirded, and I
suspect that there should be some modifications to the official bird list that the
NWR distributes. It's a neat place - a lot of bird variety.
Marcia Watson-Whitmyre
Cecil County
Miliff@aol.com wrote:
> Leslie and other Cecil Birders,
>
> I wanted to drop a quick note and sugest that anyone with a chance should
> watch that Least Flycatcher for any signs of breeding activity. Although it
> could have been a late migrant, June 1 seems awful late even for a bird behind
> schedule. Empidonax can migrate late though... But the fact that it was a
> singing male, and that it was there for at least two day, also suggests to me
> that it might be thinking of nesting. There are breeding records for the
> species from Lake Roland, near Baltimore, and others have summered in the MD
> Piedmont, so nesting is not out of the question. I any event, it would be
> worth a look or two in another week - if it's still there I'd bet my pin # it
> is at least _hoping_ to find a female and breed. Let us know what you find if
> you look...I'd look myself but am stuck in Nevada for the summer :-).
>
> How easily are you finding rails up there in Cecil. My Ceci list (only
> 180 or so) has one Rallid - Fulica americana.
>
> Good birding,
>
> Marshall Iliff
> miliff@aol.com
>
> PS - I saw your note on your May 30 travels too - the Blue-winged Teal brood
> and Willet are both great Cecil finds, unless I'm mistaken. How many babies
> did the Blue-winged Teal have?
>
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