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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.