Bird notes, v4397
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The Yellow Warbler was heard several times and the Bewick-backed Thrush called most loudly than on Apr. 27. No wader birds. Song of Black-throated Gray Warbler heard. May 2. Clear, air cool. A Tanager was singing below the house about 9:45 p.m. Heard Bewick- backed Thrush near house. May 3. James says he heard an Olive-sided Flycatcher near the house in the afternoon. At 2:30 p.m. (min of tide), I went to Flaming Point where I found shore birds abundant. A few Semipalmated Plover (3?); 8 Hudsonian Curlew, 12 Willets, many(100?) Western Sandpipers, a few Red-backed Sand- pipers (6?); 8-10 Dowitchers, 6-8 Sanderling. No Godwits or BB Plover and I couldn't be sure any of the Sandpipers were Least. May 4. Sunny with cool breeze. I saw a large flycatcher at the tip of a dead cypress across the road. (He rallied out several times to catch an insect, returning each time to the same perch. No call heard. Prob- ably an Olive-sided). Once he flew to the large pine tree nearby. Finally a Bluejay alighted lower down, pro- ceeded to hop to a higher branch each time, then went up the tips where the flycatcher was perched. The flycatcher left just before the jay reached the tip.