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Winger and June West

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Winger and June West

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Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:50:56 -0400

Dave Brenneman and I must have passed Fred on Rumbly Point Road as we 
arrived just after midnight.  We too experienced the stiff wind and dipped 
on the Yellow and Black Rails, but heard Clapper Rails all up and down the 
road.  Around 2 Am we went over to Elliott Island Road to listen for Black 
Rails, but again heard only Clapper, Marsh Wrens, Seaside Sparrows and 
Chuck's-wills-window etc.

At sunrise, we looked for the WF Ibis in Berlin with no luck. After a few 
hours on Assateague Island, we stopped by for another try for the WF Ibis, 
again no ibis.

Winger West
Millersville, MD


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Fallon" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 11:47 AM
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Target ibises and rails


> Afternoon appointments had kept me from planning a trip to Berlin and 
> Rumbly Point so far; but yesterday (Mon) pm, at the last moment, that day’s 
> appointment was cancelled and so, in the middle of rush hour, I hurried 
> across the Bay to Berlin. I arrived at the well-described site of the 
> White-faced Ibis at 7 pm. Many C’da Geese, Willets, and Laughing Gulls 
> were in the field, but no ibises of whatever face color.
>
> On to Rumbly Point. From 10:30 to 12 I listened diligently, but - a stiff 
> south wind, while keeping mosquitoes at bay, also suppressed faint sounds. 
> Perhaps too it induced migrants to take advantage of the opportunity and 
> move on. Increasing numbers of rails did call as time went by - mostly 
> Clappers; also a Virginia, and after my accidentally making a noise, a 
> Sora responded. But of Yellows and Blacks, I heard none.
>
> The night sky at remote coastal sites is often relatively free of light 
> pollution, yet sky clarity is usually poor - because of “true” absorption 
> by aerosols kicked up by spray, except sometimes near the zenith.  So it 
> was that the Big Dipper was high and prominent in the sky at the upper 
> culmination of its circumpolar arc. How appropriate, I thought. After so 
> many such experiences maybe this should be my new pen name.
>
> Fred “The Big Dipper” Fallon
> Huntingtown
>