This AM we searched for the earlier-reported Dickcissel on Turner Rd, joined in 
part by Jim Green and Joe Hanfman.  We could not find the usually-conspicuous 
male and I wondered if some recent mowing might have displaced the pair. But 
later I did spot the female, right along the road (caution - resembles House Sp 
fem, many of which also present) and giving its distinctive chip (like the first 
note of the male's song), but giving rise to the question - what happened to the 
male? Later the others did find the male at a distance, but not the female. 
Other birds of interest here: Wild Turkey, Horned Lark, Chat, 2-3 Grasshopper 
Sp's, Blue Gr'beak, 2-3 Meadowlarks. Nice to know that such a suite of birds 
still survives in this remote corner of the county.

To North Beach and watched patiently for the Gallinule from 9:50 to 11: 20, 
joined again by the aforementioned, then by Jim Stasz and Ed Boyd. But Jim's 
famous luck did not help us; the bird was not seen.

Fred and Jane Fallon
Huntingtown

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