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Tue, 18 May 2010 22:30:51 -0400
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I arrived at the Kilby Road location about 7:00 pm and met two birders who were leaving along the railroad track. The gravel road crosses the railroad tracks and the metal silos and red barns are along the railroad track and can be seen from the gravel road.  See previous posts for the location. They said the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (STFL) bird had been seen about 40 minutes earlier along the tracks, so I walked that direction along the tracks. Kirk Westendorf arrived, and we worked our way across the field from the tracks to the gravel road. At about 7:15 or 7:20 pm, the bird was sighted by two birders from Columbus, and when I saw them set up their scope and looking, I also found the STFL on a small pole along the railroad tracks in the vicinity of the silos and red barns. It was fly-catching from the pole and a small nearby tree and then worked down the hill across the grassy field, occasionally landing in flowering "weeds" and then landed in the grass and disappeared to reappear east of pond 3. That's when Andy Bess arrived.  East of pond 3 is where Kirk, Andy and I left the bird between 7:30 to 8:00 pm. I took some photos and managed only a few that will be maybe reasonable considering the poor lighting conditions. I will download tonight and post them and post the location.

Kirk and I walked behind the brown barn and parking area across from the gravel road to the STFL location. Near the large concrete slabs/blocks and small trees east of the barn and down over the hill from the parking lot, I heard the Bell's Vireo singing about three times. Then as Kirk and I were looking and listening for the Bell's Vireo, a Lark Sparrow started singing near the same location. I turned around and the bird was sitting in a small tree behind us. We watched it preen and sing at least once again before it disappeared.

Jay

Jay G. Lehman

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