On Wednesday, November 12, Joe Halpin wrote: > I will be travelling north on I 95 this weekend and was looking at > the possibility of making a diversion, taking off south of the > Conowingo Dam to Rt 1 and returning to I 95 on the PA side. Being a > novice birder and not having a scope, is this a wothwhile diversion > with at least a modest probability of seeing some of the exceptional > birds reported there last week? Joe, you'll see some good birds, but this area of MD seems to be best birded with a big scope. If you're going to be around the first Saturday in February, consider joining us for Les Eastman's annual introduction to birding the Conowingo Dam and the Susquehanna River below the dam. There'll be lots of scopes to try out and lots of friendly birders to ask questions of. Not to mention the chili afterwards at Les's house! Think aobut it, but don't wait too long to get your name on the list of attendees! Norm =============== Norm Saunders Colesville, MD osprey@ari.net