We also saw this bird at around 12:20 p.m. today, January 6.  In the 
exact same place as has been reported many times before -- along a 
ditch with saplings in the field to the west of the intersection of 
Presquile Rd. and Todds Corner Rd., just a little west of the main 
entrance to Pickering Creek Audubon Center.

There were no birders around when we saw it, nor for the next hour we 
stayed in the Pickering Creek area.

Thanks to Joe Hanfman of Howard County, who gave me precise 
instructions on where to see this bird when I called him on his cell 
phone on Tuesday, January 4 -- on which day we missed it 
completely!  Fortunately we had another opportunity to take a look 
when we returned from the coast midday on Thursday.  And thanks to 
Les Roslund, who continues to patrol Talbot County to ensure that 
those of us in the rest of the state have an opportunity to see some 
great "Talbot birds."

We ran into a small group of American Tree Sparrows in the same 
general area, in the short bushes along the wetlands of Pickering Creek.

Mike and Joy Bowen
Montgomery Bird Club
Bethesda, MD

At 02:18 PM 1/6/2011, Les Roslund wrote:
>The L-shrike in Talbot County was present today at 11:30 - same place as it
>has been for the past several days.
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>Les Roslund
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>Talbot County
>
>Easton, MD
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