This is the Conowingo Dam report for Thursday, November 25, 1997. Observer was Rick Blom. As many as six other birders were at the dam for various lengths of tiem. Coverage was from 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Very windy but clear. There was fulkl generation the entire time and the water was high. Great Blue Heron 100 Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 Canada Goose 3 Mallard 6 Black Dyck 12 Tukey Vulture 5 Black Vulture 18 Bald Eagle 1 (imm) Peregrine Falcon 1 (imm; male?) Bonaparte's Gull 15 Ring-billed Gull 10,000 Herring Gull 500 Lesser Black-backed Gull 3 (2 ad; 1 3rd winter) Great Black-backed Gull 56 Rock Dove 100+ The Peregrine spent the morning on the superstructure and chasing pigeons. I assume it is an imm male because it is not a very large bird. He is putting on a fairly spectacular show if like like Peregriney stuff. The gulls do not seem bothered by him and do not flush even when he flies through the area where they are siitting. The gull numbers were very high when I first arrived but were down to 1,000 by 12:30. Most had flown above the dam and were sitting on the lake. Rick "It's not a bad idea to get in the habit of writing down one's thoughts. It saves having to bother anyone with them." Isabel Colegate Rick Blom rblom@blazie.com Bel Air, Maryland