I found an Alder Flycatcher at Stop #12 on the Red Trail at Middle Patuxent Environmental Area this afternoon. The bird was singing most of the time I was in the area. Chuck Stirrat re-found it around 6:00 pm. Yesterday, at the same location I had a bird that did not sing which I believed to be a Traill's Flycatcher. The bird flew around when I played Alder's song but it never vocalized. Today I re-found the silent bird and it still didn't sing. While watching it I heard the Alder Flycatcher nearby. Do female flycatchers sing?   
My complete list on this rainy afternoon is below. 



Middle Patuxent Site Guide 
http://howardbirds.org/birdinghowardcounty/MPEA/MPEA_overview.htm 






Joe Hanfman 

Columbia, MD 

Location:     Middle Patuxent Environmental Area 
Observation date:     5/18/10 
Notes:     Red Trail 
Number of species:     33 

Turkey Vulture     1 
Osprey     1 
Mourning Dove     2 
Barred Owl     1 
Chimney Swift     1 
Red-bellied Woodpecker     2 
Downy Woodpecker     2 
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     1 
Eastern Wood-Pewee     4 
Acadian Flycatcher     1 
Alder Flycatcher     1 
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's)     1 
White-eyed Vireo     2 
Red-eyed Vireo     8 
Blue Jay     2 
American Crow     4 
Tree Swallow     1 
Carolina Chickadee     2 
Tufted Titmouse     4 
White-breasted Nuthatch     1 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     1 
Veery     1 
Swainson's Thrush     1 
Wood Thrush     4 
American Robin     10 
Gray Catbird     1 
European Starling     1 
American Redstart     3 
Ovenbird     1 
Scarlet Tanager     3 
Eastern Towhee     4 
Northern Cardinal     14 
Indigo Bunting     1 
Baltimore Oriole     1 

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