Phil,

The bird was seen in the 6pm hour chucking its heart out, but this seems to
be an anomaly since no one has heard the bird in the evening since the
original sighting.  Marshall Iliff heard the bird around 6:30am the morning
of the storm and I believe he said it chucked for about 10 minutes then flew
into the high grass.

Jim

On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 8:01 PM, Hoffman, Mark <>wrote:

> I was at the meadowlark site for the last couple hours of the day yesterday
> and today from 2 pm till 730 pm. I did not see anything of note (except 1
> Upland Sandpiper) yesterday. Today I had an interesting (silent) bird in the
> late pm. Will need to analyze photos which are good. Place was almost dead
> from 2 pm to 615 pm, then both days a bunch of birds came out late. So if
> you go in the pm, you do not have to be early. Mark Hoffman
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From:   Phil Davis [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent:   Monday, September 08, 2008 07:20 PM Eastern Standard Time
> To:     
> Subject:        Re: [MDOSPREY] Update? Western Meadowlark
>
> Folks:
>
> I agree with Jim. Based on my three morning attempts last week at
> first light (around 6:30 am), the meadowlark show was over by about
> 8:30 or 9 am. Also, remember, that sometimes it vocalized and
> sometimes it didn't.
>
> I was under the impression that Bill, Mikey, Jim, et al. had the bird
> last Sunday later in the evening, but re-reading the reports it was
> in the afternoon. What time was that, guys?
>
> Phil
>
>
> At 16:27 09/08/2008, Jim Brighton wrote:
> >Hi Gail,
> >
> >If I were attempting to see the Western Meadowlark again, I would
> definitely
> >be at the turf farm at first light.  There seems to be more success in the
> >morning than in the evening.
> >
> >Jim Brighton
> >Easton, MD
> >
>
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