It could have been a European Starling. This past week, I've 
watched/listened to starlings in my yard imitating Eastern Meadowlarks 
and Eastern Wood-pewees. :)

Jessica Maggio
Damascus, MD


-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Wood <>
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Sent:         Sun, 26 Mar 2006 05:33:35 -0800
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Chuck Will's Widow?

Hi all,

Jill and I birded at the Loch Raven Fishing Center yesterday and while 
she was
on the phone with her eldest daughter, I heard a bird that was doing an
"impression" of a Chuck Will's Widow in a tree over the "boathouse".  I 
have no
idea what it could have been, but I know it wasn't a CWW.  We didn't 
see it, but
we did see something fly off over the water from the same tree over the 
building
and the "chuck will's widow" call stopped.

Anybody have any thoughts as to what it may have been?

Good birding,
Richard


Richard L. Wood, Ph. D.
Computational Chemist
Cockeysville, MD 21030