Amy and I have never birded this area. Is it restricted? What are the restrictions (hours, permits, etc.) for visiting the area where the bird was seen? Thanks in advance.

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jeff and amy 

Downingtown, PA 

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> Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 14:30:57 -0400
> From: 
> Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Gray Kingbird at Fort McHenry
> To: 
> 
> A bunch of us were up there until about 12:30 - 1:00 without any luck. As
> far as I can tell, it was last seen about 10:30 (we arrived at 10:45!). The
> grounds of the fort were also searched. It had gotten very windy and
> spitting rain about then so the bird could well have been hunkered down.
> 
> Or it could have drifted away -- probably near-by parks (Latrobe Park, for
> one) would be good to check. It was raining hard when we swung through there
> and we saw zip.
> 
> Access gate to the marsh trail is only open when one of the monitors is
> present; Jim Peters will not be there tomorrow, but perhaps one of the other
> folks with access will be -- hopefully they will post and let us know.
> 
> Gail Mackiernan
> Colesville, MD
> 
> 
> 
> on 06/09/2010 1:21 PM, Dan Haas at  wrote:
> 
> > Anyone have any news about the Gray Kingbird???
> > 
> > Best,
> > Dan Haas
> >