Since I was in Riverhead this afternoon, I thought I would go out to Cutchogue and see if the birds were still around. I went north on Cox Lane to the end(There is no sign post indicating Oregon Rd. so I turned Left (West), and after a few hundred yards, I saw two cars parked off the road on the right (North) and two men standing a little up a private road, with binoculars and a scope,so I stoped there and asked if they saw anything, and they showed me the two Western Kingbirds, sitting on separate metal posts in the plowed field, only about 50 yards away. Obviously we had great views for a couple of hours as they stayed right in this area, sometimes closer and some time further, perching on the fence posts, flying out to try and catch something, sometimes on the plowed field, and flew back. While one bird went to sit on trees about 200 yards north, they always came back. In fact they were still there when the sun started to go down, and hopefully will be there tomorrow. The flock of white crowned sparrows were also there,in the bushes, on the ground and the trees. Andy Murphy --
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