Thanks Tyler,

That is the road! I was actually pulled out not far from the intersection with Rt. 236.

 Hans Holbrook
Crofton, MD




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From: James Tyler Bell <>
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Sent: Sat, May 8, 2010 6:22:47 PM
Subject: [MDOSPREY] May Count goodies, St. Mary's

Pre-dawn night birding was pretty much a total waste of time and gas. However, around 0500, I ended up at the St. Mary's County airport on the Lawrence Hayden Rd. end of the runway when I heard a couple of Chuck-wills-widows calling followed almost immediately by a Common Nighthawk. Crossing my fingers, I drove around to the Airport Road side of the airstrip and was rewarded with a calling Whip-poor-will. Never had a trifecta of nightjars in St. Mary's before!

Next best event du jour was relocating a singing Prothonotary Warbler along the stream next to Western Branch Lane. Bill Hubick and Patty Craig can be thanked for the tip on this one from year's past.

The wind certainly hampered birding in St. Mary's. Probably much worse elsewhere. Not good for trying to listen for warblers and even less good trying to look at/for them.

OBTW, if you're trying to find Dixie Line Road in St. Mary's, good luck. It's Dixie Lyon Road. You can get there from Rt. 5 just south of Charlotte Hall then right (south) onto Rt. 236 (Thompson Corner Road). Maybe the Mississippi Kite that Hans Holbrook found there is nesting somewhere in Charles/St. Mary's!
 
Tyler Bell

California, Maryland