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Gray Kingbird Update

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"Hoffman, Mark"

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Hoffman, Mark

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Fri, 21 Oct 2005 19:32:20 -0400

To summarized the pm GRAK situation, the bird was under more-or-less continuous observation from 1500.to 1800 hours. Initially it was in a small tree next to the driveway to the house in the hammock (spoke to owner and let her know what we were doing, we showed her the bird and she later came out with the circa-1927 Chester Reed guide that had a picture of GRAK in it!!).

It spent more time south of the road, including about an hour in which it move very little near the top of a tree/tangle in the hammock south of the road, between the house and the curve in the road to the west. Every once in a while it would eat a Virginia Creeper berry in the tangle.  Later on it flew back towards the house (but south of the road), where in hid in the thick deciduous stuff.  If it is not immediately visiable just be patient.  Earlier in the day it had been on the wires near the house. Very cold, wet and windy today. Lots (150 or so) photos.

Observers include Hoffman, Hafner, Jett, Stasz (NOT a close out however), Powell, et al.

Mark Hoffman