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Re: Mont. Co.: Hughes Hollow Va. Rail

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Clive Harris

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Sat, 1 May 2010 20:15:24 +0000

Jim 
 
Cerulean bred for a long time along the canal about 1/2 mile s of the Sycamore Landing entrance.  I think the last time they were there was 07 but I might be off by a year. 
 
Clive Harris 
Cabin John MD 
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-----Original Message----- 
From:         Jim Moore <> 
Date:         Sat, 1 May 2010 14:50:13  
To: <> 
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Mont. Co.:  Hughes Hollow Va. Rail 
 
There was a male Virginia Rail doing its kiddick call this morning at  
Hughes Hollow which was heard by several birders.  As you walk out on  
the main dike it was to the right just before the second (taller) line  
of trees.  Also FOY Acadian Flycatcher and at Riley's Lock,  
Yellow-throated Warbler, and in the development cul-de-sac off W. River  
Rd., the Grasshopper Sparrows have returned. 
 
Not many new warbler migrants though, but a lot of novice birders out  
looking for them. I need to remember to be skeptical of some of their  
reports. I wasted time chasing a reported Alder Flycatcher at Hughes  
Hollow (turned out to be an Acadian Flycatcher--at least thre was an  
Acadian calling at the same location, and no one else I asked was aware  
of an Alder) and got excited by the report of a Cerulean Warbler at  
Sycamore Landing until the birder added that these bred every year at  
that location (think he must've meant Prothonotary Warbler). 
 
Good birding! 
Jim Moore 
Rockville, Maryland 
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