I just received the following e-mail that unfortunately was sent yesterday 
to an old e-mail address of mine.  An unidentified species of shrike was 
spotted on Hart-Miller Island on Thursday by Rich Mason of the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service.  Either species would be a first for the island and 
neither species was on my "Next 10 Birds of Hart-Miller Island" list.  I 
would like to document this bird on Saturday.  Marcia and I had planned to 
go to the Rosslyn Jazz Festival tomorrow but are changing our plans and will 
be going to Hart-Miller Island instead.

If anyone is interested in looking for the shrike on Saturday, please e-mail 
or call me tonight,  or (410) 388-0852.  You would have 
to be at the boat dock by 6:45 a.m. at the latest.  We will be on the island 
until  at least 3:00 p.m. or as late as 5:00 p.m.

Gene

Gene Scarpulla
Millers Island, Maryland
Editor, The Maryland Entomologist

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Subject: Fw: HMI shrike sighting
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Date: 02:27:42 PM AST Yesterday
Subject: HMI shrike sighting

Hi Gene,

I was at HMI today counting birds in the South Cell and saw a shrike perched 
on the barbed wire around the equipment yard next to the office.  Not sure 
if you have seen it or if you want to look next time you are on the island. 
I assume it was a loggerhead but was not close enough to see the finer field 
marks.  It flew around the back side as I was getting the scope on it and I 
did not locate it again.

Rich

Rich Mason, Biologist
Chesapeake Bay Field Office
US Fish and Wildlife Service