Thanks David and Ron —
I likewise went there today, but around noon, and eventually heard the
Dickcissel singing from the grass at very close range in the same area. I also
thought I heard a second one, briefly, a little further off, but still in the
same area. Neither obliged to sing in plain view, however. Came up empty on
Bobolinks.
Claire Kluskens
Fairfax Co.
On May 26, 2015, at 12:15 PM, Donald Sweig <skybirds.d@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
At about 10:20 this morning I had good looks at, and got a number of clear,
definitive photographs of an energetically singing male Dickcissel at the
Meadowood recreation area in Fairfax county.
This is surely the same bird that David Ledwith found and reported
yesterday. THANK YOU DAVID! I found the bird along the Mustang Trail out of
the parking lot off of Harley Road. I took the trail closest to Gunston
Road and found the bird out about 100 yards, it was first singing in the
grass and then it flew up to the top of the large cedar tree on the ridge and
sang for about 10 minutes. I had excellent looks and got excellent
photographs. The bird was still singing from the same perch when I left.
Donald Sweig
Falls Church, Va
