MD Osprey:

Well, good news ... and bad news ...

The good news ... we heard the Yellow Rails calling between 11:20 pm 
(4/25) and midnight at the same spot as where the birds were the 
night before. There were probably two birds calling.

The bad news ... Despite my message, below, I inadvertently left my 
cell phone sitting on the counter at home when I left the house. Duh! 
I was trying to get all the charge I could and I told my self, 
"You're going to forget to take it!" and, sure enough, I did! Sorry 
for any confusion. A special apology to Nico!

When we (Paul O'Brien, Harvey and Marion Mudd, and I) got there we 
found Jim Stasz, Hans Holbrook, Mike Burchett, and Tom Feild already 
there. They said the birds started calling about 10 minutes before we 
arrived. The wind picked up while we were there and we think the 
birds then clammed up after midnight ... or if they continued to 
call, the wind made it difficult to tell.

Success, finally!

Phil


At 16:03 04/25/2009, Phil Davis wrote:
>MD Osprey:
>
>Paul O'Brien and I are going to try our annual "Yellow Rail Chase a 
>Day After They Were Reported" ... hopefully we will be more 
>successful than last year. We probably will not get down to Rumbly 
>Point Road much before 11 pm or so tonight.
>
>If anyone else is going to try for them, let's do this ...
>
>
>1.  If you have an FRS radio, use channel 11-22,so we can coordinate 
>when we are in the area.
>
>2. Exchange cell phone numbers. My is 240-460-5159. I will probably 
>make my last check of email around 7:30 pm or so to see who else may 
>be out and to get your cell number. You can call my anytime during 
>the night (I AM an "night owl" !)
>
>3. If anyone wants to check other marshes, such as Elliott Island 
>Road, please do so, and pass on the results, we will do likewise if 
>we have success at Rumbly Point.
>
>Good luck!
>
>Phil
>
>
>
>
>At 05:39 04/25/2009, jo leachman wrote:
>>This post is on behalf of a group of birders, not including myself, 
>>who actually stayed up all last night in a marsh in Somerset County:
>>
>>Beginning last night around 11:30 p.m. until 4 a.m. this morning 
>>(4/25/09), 3 YELLOW RAILS were intermittently heard 1/2 way down 
>>Rumbly Point Rd. in Somerset County.
>>Observers included: Hans Holbrook, Mikey Lutmerding, Bill Hubick, 
>>Tom Feild, Jim Brighton, Jim Stasz, Ron Gutberlet, Mike Walsh, Stan 
>>Arnold, Jonn Hubbell, and Matt Haffner - hopefully I am not missing anyone!
>>
>>-Jo Anna Leachman Lutmerding
>>Upper Marlboro, MD
>>(just getting out of bed :))
>>
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