I went out to Mellwood Road this afternoon to look for the Dickcissel and Willow Flycatchers found yesterday by Mikey Lutmerding.  John Dennehey was there when I arrived and we listened and watched for the next 45 minutes or so.  The Northern Bobwhite called repeatedly from nearby.  We also heard the Dickcissel singing periodically and heard a Willow Flycatcher once.  Also seen or heard were an Orchard Oriole, Yellow-breasted Chat, Common Yellowthroat, lots of Chimney Swifts, a group of Mockingbirds, and several Grasshopper Sparrows.  I stayed for awhile after John left, and eventually I got a somewhat distant scope view of the singing male Dickcissel atop a low perch.  And I briefly got a view of the Willow Flycatcher in a shrubby willow.  

Fred Shaffer
Crofton, Anne Arundel


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