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Scissortail success



My wife wanted to take our kids on a train ride in Spencer, NC (near 
Salisbury) and I thought it would be a perfect chance to drop by to see the 
Scissor-tailed Flycatchers near Monroe, so we did that yesterday (6/8).  We 
got there at 4:00.  I didn't see anything at first except House Finches and 
Redwings, but then the female Scissortail appeared on a wire some distance 
off and flew to the tower above my head.  She sat at the nest for a while 
until the male came by, and then she flew off while he sat there for a long 
time.  I heard what sounded like babies a number of times.  Finally the 
female came back and the male sat on a nearby bar before taking off.  It was 
a nice way to add a species to my NC list, and it brought back memories of 
the seven years I lived in Texas.  (Thanks, Anne Olsen!)  I also heard a 
Grasshopper Sparrow and Field Sparrows in the adjacent fields but didn't see 
them.

Erik Thomas
barbarahunter919@aol.com
Johnston Co., NC