About 25 birders searched for the Gray Kingbird this morning.  I left at about 9:45 and no one had seen it.  
 
 
> Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 23:43:49 -0400
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> Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Evening search?
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> Dan, thanks for the patriotic birder's song! My two very musical kids, 13 and 10, decided to do a living-room rendition for me. It was totally wonderful ... if I can catch them at it again, I'll get it on tape. 
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> Joanne
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leo Weigant <>
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> Sent: Wed, Jun 9, 2010 8:42 pm
> Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Evening search?
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> Say, Dan, I know you're a professional songwriter, 
> but there's something vaguely familiar about 
> these lyrics. Aren't you worried about a 
> copyright infringement problem? 
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> Or is it, could it be, something in the Public Domain? 
> I'll let you know if it occurs to me. Might take a while 
> since I'm laughing so . . . 
> 
> Leo 
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> On Jun 9, 2010, at 6:35 PM, Dan Haas wrote: 
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> > Birders, 
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> > 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? 
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> > In other words, if the bird was relocated, do tell! It's the patriotic 
> > thing to do. 
> > 
> > Dan Haas 
> > West Annapolis, MD 
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