I also saw the Scissor-tail flycatcher yesterday afternoon around 1:00 . I was able to see it a second time as ive been getting to do mini vacations at a friends house on the Chester river . The bird has not been cooperative and the road is dangerous. Hes usually just sitting on the wire and when you get close enough to get  a decent view he moves away. i have had it go over to the strip of trees across the road and disappear . 
Not really much excitement otherwise . 

birds on the Chester river 
Bald Eagle 4   2adult 2 juvenile 
Osprey     4
Barred owl    1 
Great blue heron 2
Wild turkey    20
Canada Goose   50 (only seen when coming in for the night )
Caspian Tern   4
Ringbilled gull   10
Mallard      5
Black vulture 10
Turkey vulture 10  there was a swarm of about 50 far away . wasnt sure if they were Vultures or gulls 
Semipalmated sandpiper    15
Greater yellowleg        1
Belted kingfisher      2
Eastern kingbird      2
Baltimore oriole      1
Eastern wood pewee   1
Redbellied woodpecker   1
Pileated woodpecker 1
Tufted titmouse 1
Whitebreasted nuthatch   1
Carolina wren    2
Redeyed vireo      1
American goldfinch   5



Saundra Byrd

baltimore 




--- On Wed, 9/2/09, Michael Bowen <> wrote:

> From: Michael Bowen <>
> Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Any Sightings??
> To: 
> Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2009, 7:30 AM
> I can confirm that Joy Bowen and I
> did NOT see the Scissor-tailed 
> Flycatcher north of Sudlersville on Tuesday morning. 
> We stayed for 
> perhaps 15 minutes after Tom Jones left, but saw neither
> hide nor 
> hair nor feather of this bird, which has now eluded us
> three 
> times.  Interesting to learn that it was seen later in
> the afternoon.
> 
> Mike Bowen
> Bethesda, MD and Dewey Beach, DE
> 
> 
> At 01:00 AM 9/2/2009, Winger and June West wrote:
> >Dave Brenneman and I saw it today.  We were there
> from about 7-9:30 
> >AM and he was a no show.  We returned around
> around 5:30 PM and he 
> >was on the wires just south of the house.
> >
> >Winger West
> >Millersville, MD
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Jones"
> <>
> >To: <>
> >Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 7:04 PM
> >Subject: [MDOSPREY] Scissortailed Flycatcher, Any
> Sightings??
> >
> >
> >Has anyone seen the scissortail-less flycatcher since
> it was 
> >reported here on Saturday?  I was at the site
> north of Sudlersville 
> >today about 10:30 to 11:00 and didn't see it. 
> Mike and Joy Bowen 
> >were still there hoping to see it when I left.
> >
> >Tom Jones
> >Washington, D.C.
> 
> D.H.Michael Bowen
> 8609 Ewing Drive
> Bethesda, MD 20817-3845
> Telephone: (301) 530-5764
> e-mail:  dhmbowenATyahooDOTcom 
>