About 10 minutes ago, I was listening to the migrants flying over my house  
in Bel Air when I heard the very distinctive harsh buzz that is the Dickcissel  
flight call.  Oddly enough, this is within a few days of when I thought I  
heard one 5 years ago here.  Back then, I did not have enough  experience with 
that note, but 5 years and thousands (Texas in Spring 4 years in  a row) of 
Dickcissels later, the call is second nature.  
 
Last night was excellent for listening here in Bel Air.  I listened  for 
20-30 minutes between 10pm and 1am.  
 
Swainson's Thrush - 2
Veery - 20
Wood Thrush - 15
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 4
Black-billed Cuckoo - 1
Spotted Sandpiper - 3
Solitary Sandpiper - 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 10
Indigo Bunting - 4
Warbler sp. - 30 various call types
 
In the middle of typing, I just talked with Jim Brighton in Cape May.   He 
said that he was told that several Dickcissels were heard this morning on  Cape 
Island.  Maybe they had a push recently.
 
Back out to yard!
 
Matt Hafner
Bel Air, MD