Hey everyone,
First, apologies to Tina Trice. I misspelled her last name earlier.
The Fork-tail is still hanging out at the same spot. I left the flycatcher
around 4:40m today. Two nice folks, whose names I failed to get, from VA Beach
were watching the flycatcher and the male Dickcissel.
Also, I wrongfully maligned the Fork-tail. It doesn't seem to be eating
dragonflies (or at least it isn't always eating dragonflies). There are biting
flies out there (low numbers), and the flycatcher seems to be eating them or
similar-looking insects.
Ned Brinkley says that good photographs of the flycatcher's primaries could
determine the subspecies. My photos probably aren't good enough, but other
folks might be able to figure out an answer from their photographs.
I'll check on whether the flycatcher is present tomorrow afternoon (busy in the
morning with a BBS route).
It was nice to see all the folks all there (Adam D'Onofrio, Tina Trice, Audrey
Whitlock, Arun Bose, Jan Frye, Fenton Day, Peggy Eubank and her husband, Renee
Hudgins and John Young and their grandson, and Terry Jenkins and his group).
I hope this Fork-tail sticks around.
Elisa Enders
Portsmouth, VA
