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Re: Fwd: Say's Phoebe Update - seen Monday 9/3

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Robert Parsons

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Robert Parsons

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Wed, 5 Sep 2007 09:11:40 -0600

I was out this morning between 9:00 am and 10:00 am and we checked not
only the area described in this email, but also up and down Hughes Road.
No luck on the Phoebe (we did see several Eastern), but we did see the
plover at the polo field as I mentioned in an earlier email.  We will
keep looking.....

Robert Parsons
Potomac, Maryland

-----Original Message-----
From: Maryland Birds & Birding [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Paul Woodward
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 10:53 AM
To: 
Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Fwd: Say's Phoebe Update - seen Monday 9/3

     Another Say's Phoebe was seen the same day at Cape May, NJ so there
may 
have been a small influx to the east over the weekend.

Paul Woodward
Fairfax City, VA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Davis" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 9:12 AM
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Fwd: Say's Phoebe Update - seen Monday 9/3


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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