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FW: [MDOSPREY] Townsend's Warbler Eaten?

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Norm Saunders

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Norm Saunders

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Mon, 9 Jan 2006 14:25:33 -0500

Tyler's gracious message was, for some unknown and unknowable
reason, bounced from the list.  Here it is now.

Norm

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bell, Tyler [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 1:13 PM
> Subject: RE: [MDOSPREY] Townsend's Warbler Eaten?
> 
> 
> It's entirely possible that Dave Harvey actually did see this 
> bird before me. Jane and I were patrolling the road between 
> the turn from New Design/Noland's Ferry Rd. and the 
> port-a-potty. People were spread out all over the place 
> searching and at one point, someone, maybe Dave? (we've never 
> knowingly met), came striding toward us very purposefully and 
> looked up into the tree where I eventually saw the TOWA. 
> Since there had been a surge in the bird numbers within the 
> previous 10 minutes, it was hard to keep track of which birds 
> you had seen and where they were moving so I looked up to 
> where he had looked and there it was! So, either this person 
> never saw the bird or they saw the bird fly in but couldn't 
> relocate it and I was just the lucky one to see it well and 
> call it out.
> 
> Anyway, the point of my rambling here is that I don't really 
> care whether I was the one who first saw it. I'm just very 
> happy that we were there when the bird was present. It was a 
> beauty! I wish it had been more cooperative and hung around 
> for the weekend :(
> 
> Tyler Bell
> 
> California, MD