MD Osprey:

The Say's Phoebe was seen on Monday ... see below.

Phil

>Subject: Say's Phoebe Update
>Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 07:32:20 -0400
>From: "Rambo, Kyle E CIV NDW PAXR, N45" <>
>To: <>
>
>Phil,
>
>Perhaps you could help me post an update on the 
>Say's Phoebe.  I still haven't managed to get 
>permission to post to MDOsprey from my new e-mail address.
>
>I observed the bird from 2:50 - 3:15PM on 
>Monday, 03 September 2007.  Standing at the 
>left-hand side of the metal gate near the 
>original Hughes Road "corral" site, the bird was 
>perching and feeding from a large Autumn Olive 
>or Russian Olive shrub along the treeline to the 
>left (back down towards River Road).  In fact, 
>it was almost all the way down to the River Road 
>corner.  Looking from the metal gate, it's perch 
>was directly in line with a utility pole with a 
>gray transformer.  Looking from the outside 
>(Hughes Road side) of the treeline, it was right 
>where the guard rail ends (as it comes up from 
>River Road).  The bird was feeding sporadically, 
>flying out to pick off butterflies, moths, and 
>grasshoppers whenever they flew by.  It would 
>occasionally land on the ground or on some 
>object on the ground (sticks, horse 
>droppings).  There were 2-3 Eastern Phoebes also 
>working the same treeline, but closer to the metal gate.
>
>There was only one other birder at the site 
>while I was there…a guy named Barry from West 
>Virginia, driving a blue Isuzu 
>Trooper.  (Sorry.  I don't remember his last 
>name.)    He had walked quite a distance down 
>Hughes Road looking for the bird 
>(unsuccessfully).  I picked him up, drove him 
>back to the original site, and showed him where the bird was before I left.
>
>For those who haven't seen the Say's Phoebe, I 
>wouldn't give up hope on this bird 
>yet.  But…there is an awful lot of habitat out there.
>
>Kyle

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Phil Davis      Davidsonville, Maryland     USA
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