I won't go into enormous detail, but the Brown-chested Martin in Cape May was a lovely, lovely bird on Monday. We didn't think anything would top it, but this morning, during a quick stop at Bombay Hook on the way home, we got great looks at a first-winter Franklin's Gull feeding rather unconcernedly on grasshoppers along the road running alongside Shearness Pool. We watched the bird for half an hour or so and only left when we ran out of film! I am keeping my fingers crossed that we got reasonable photos. Our weekend started Saturday morning with Les Eastman at the Lapidum boat launch area and ended this morning with the Franklin's Gull. All told we tallied about 110 species in three states. Do I really gotta go back to WORK tomorrow????? Norm =============== Norm Saunders Colesville, MD osprey@ari.net