Darius, You should have let me know you were coming. I would have joined you. Les Darius Ecker wrote: > > On Sunday October 26, The Howard County Bird Club's trip to Waggoner's Gap > for a Hawk watch was cancelled. There were five dedicated souls who just > couldn't go the day without birding, and since we'd set the day aside > anyway, we decided to go to Conowingo Dam. There we found 4 immature Bald > Eagles and 2 adult Bald Eagles. At least 20 Great Blue Herons and a couple > immature Black-crowned Night Herons. Somewhere around here it started to > pour. After a warm breakfast at the Conowingo Diner, we birded along the > river. We found two Common Loons at the boat ramp, and ended up watching a > Sharp-shinned Hawk hunt House Sparrows in Havre de Grace. A total of 28 > species in all, and a lot nicer than going home and watching TV. > > Darius Ecker (dariuse@abs.net) > Columbia, MD -- Les Eastman les_eastman@netfox.net Havre de Grace, MD