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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Larry Lade" data-source="post: 1485991" data-attributes="member: 2676">This morning I followed up a lead given to me by Brent Galliart, a relative new-comer to our birding fraternity here in Saint Joseph, concerning a SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER. He had spotted this species a few days ago and told me about his sighting. The bird was seen by him in the vicinity of Genefield Road & Riverside Street. This is the location of Saint Joseph Christian School. I found a male bird on a telephone wire right at the above intersection. After a minute or so after I noticed it, it flew off. Subsequently, I saw a STFL fly into a small nearby tree. I am not certain if it was the same bird or a different one. From the short time I was able to view it, I got the impression that it was a female bird. There was also, what appeared to be, the beginnings of a nest in another nearby tree. Perhaps we will be having another nesting pair here in Saint Joe!I then headed down around the oxbows and saw four (4) Swainson's Hawks in the area around Horseshoe/Muskrat Lakes. A LITTLE BLUE HERON, a WHITE-FACED IBIS and 3 CATTLE EGRETS were over at Muskrat Lake. Oh, also there was one male GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE.Due to all the recent rains Horseshoe Lake is mostly devoid of cattails. So there is an open expanse of water fringed with willow trees. I did not see very much in this area, just some GREAT BLUE HERONS, AMERICAN COOTS, orioles, blackbirds, etc.</blockquote>