The BBC field trip Sat Dcc 6 had excellent looks at all three Scoter species at the fishing pier at Pt Lookout State Park, with Surf Scoters most abundant, followed by White-winged and Black. Oldsquaw and Loons were less numerous than usual, and grebes were absent. We had one distant Gannet. There was a very close Purple Sandpiper on the small jetty east of the southernmost parking area. The wind was much less of a problem than anticipated. Landbirds were rather scarce. We had no Brown-headed Nuthatches at Pt Lookout for the first time in years on this trip. The Beauvue ponds near Leonardtown had far less waterfowl than in previous years. Schoolhouse Pond (Upper Marlboro) was not too productive either. It did give us some Shovelers, Gadwall, and Swamp Sparrows. Steve Sanford