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Re: Evening search?

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Leslie Starr

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Leslie Starr

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Wed, 9 Jun 2010 18:50:44 -0400

Three if us were there from roughly 5:00 - 6:00 and did not see a Gray  
Kingbird. Eastern, yes, and heard a Willow Flycatcher.

Leslie Starr (& Joe Turner & John Dennehy)
Baltimore



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On Jun 9, 2010, at 6:35 PM, Dan Haas <> wrote:

> Birders,
>
> Oh, say, did anyone see, by the evening's last light (a GRAY  
> KINGBIRD)?
> What so proudly you might've searched at the twilight's last  
> gleaming...
> Whose broad bill and overall lighter coloration, thru the perilous  
> flight,
> O'er the ramparts we searched, were only Eastern Kingbirds gallantly  
> feeding.
> And the binoculars bright glare, the scopes scanning the air,
> Gave proof through until maybe tonight that our bird was still there?
> O say, does that rare flycatcher yet graze?
> O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
>
> In other words, if the bird was relocated, do tell! It's the patriotic
> thing to do.
>
> Dan Haas
> West Annapolis, MD
>