Wed 10 Jun 2009
I received an email from Al Stokie. He and Andy Sigler were birding at Rock Cut on Tuesday, 6/9. The found 2 Alder Flycatchers and a YB Chat, plus a Henslow’s Sparrow, all calling from the area south of the Equestrian parking lot on Hart Road. They parked at the new parking lot near the Perryville intersection, then walked east to the spot where the equestrian trail crosses Hart Road N-S. The went south, crossed the muddy patch, and heard the flycatchers calling from the dense brush, one on the east and one on the west side of the field. The chat was also calling from that area, and the Henslow’s was in the grass. I thought that the park staff burned a part of that field this spring to control brush, so the presence of the Henslow’s must be related to an area that wasn’t burned.