I scurried down to Collins Road, arriving at about 1:55 PM and stayed until 2:40 PM, with a brief foray down Fiddler’s Hill Road and further down Collins Road to see if the Western Kingbird might have slightly altered his position.  



The two dead trees were popular with American Goldfinch, Eastern Bluebirds and even a Chipping Sparrow or two – but not the object of interest.   Another birder was there, confirming our mutual dip.  Maybe it will return – hoping so. 



Joanne Howl, DVM
West River, MD



-----Original Message-----
From: James Tyler Bell <>
To: 
Sent: Tue, Sep 29, 2009 2:01 pm
Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Western Kingbird - Anne Arundel County



A little history on this bird. I was out doing stream sampling and finished the 
wo streams on SERC property. I usually leave out the back gate then turn onto 
ollins Road as there are a lot of brambles and a couple of open fields that are 
sually good for sparrows. I noticed a small bird fly into a sweet gum tree and 
hen I found it, it was a goldfinch. But wait! What's this other bird perched on 
he dead limb just below it? Gray back, yellow belly, faint dark streak through 
he eye, pale throat. Tyrannus! Then it flew out and caught a bug and I could 
ee the white outer tail feathers. It flew back into the original tree just 
bove the white mailbox with 408 on it. Then it flew onto one of the dugouts out 
n=2
0the field then down into the grass then back up into a tree. I called a 
ouple of people and got Dan Haas then had to leave to do my final stream down 
ff of Cumberstone Road.
When I got back around 1:00, Dan was there but the bird was not. Then Chris 
urray and Joe Hanfman arrived. I had to leave them to get back to the lab to 
rocess my samples. I hope they can find it. The habitat there is excellent with 
nags all around the field edges, hedge rows and open grassy areas. Naturally 
his is the one day that I went out without even the lab camera.
To get there, go east on 214 then turn right onto Muddy Creek Road. When you 
ass the sign to SERC (brown sign on the left) you'll go about 1/2 mile then 
urn left onto Collins Road. The white mailbox is about 100 feet on the right 
nd the tree where I initially saw it is above it.

yler Bell

alifornia, Maryland 


_______________________________
rom: Dan Haas <>
o: 
ent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 1:24:50 PM
ubject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Western Kingbird - Anne Arundel County
The bird is currently not being seen, but Tyler Bell found it this
fternoon, perched in the first dead tree snag on the right, after
urning on to Collins.
Dan
On Tuesday, September 29, 2009, Joe Hanfman <> wrote:
 Dan Haas just called me and asked me to post that there is a Western Kingbird 
n Collins Rd off Muddy Creek Rd in Anne Arundel County
. It is perched on a dead 
nag.






 Joe Hanfman

 Columbia, MD