Norm, It's a minor point, but I had the 27 Wild Turkeys on the Ocean City CBC, Michael didn't see them at all. The territory (South) we have done together for years. You can not assume the party leader actually observed all the reported species at the tally. FYI, I did the Crisfield count on Tuesday morning and had another Blue-headed Vireo at the Hickory Point Tract, in Worcester County (part of the Crisfield circle extends into extreme southeastern Worcester). Third year I have had them there (3 last year). I did not attend the tally so I don't know what else of interest was seen. Also Micheal and I did the Chincoteague count on Sunday (12/28/97) with the following species list (in the Maryland sector of the count circle, which is an excellent birding area in the vicinity of Stockton and George's Island Landing): Common Loon - 4 Pied-billed Grebe - 3 Horned Grebe - 9 Double-crested Cormorant - 3 Great Blue Herton - 39 Black-cr. Night Heron - 1 Tundra Swan - 21 Snow Goose - 15,000 Brant - 8 Canada Goose - 247 Green-w. Teal - 100 Am. Black Duck - 371 Mallard - 156 Gadwall - 11 Am. Wigeon - 1 Ring-necked Duck - 34 Bufflehead - 340 Hooded Merganser - 43 Red-br. Merganser - 17 Black Vulture - 15 Turkey Vulture - 115 N. Harrier - 7 Sharp-shinned Hawk - 9 Red-tailed Hawk - 9 Bald Eagle - 4 Am. Kestrel - 3 Merlin - CW N. Bobwhite - 21 Large rail (sp.) - 3 Virginia Rail - 1 Killdeer - 37 Greater Yellowlegs - 42 Lesser Yellowlegs - 5 Dunlin - 13 Cm. Snipe - 2 Am. Woodcock - 5 Ring-billed Gull - 40 Herring Gull - 77 G. Black-backed Gull - 9 Rock Dove - 2 Mourning Dove - 469 E. Screech-Owl - 14 Great Horned Owl - 9 Belted Kingfisher - 5 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 32 Downy Woodpecker - 23 Hairy Woodpecker - 16 Northern Flicker - 64 Pileated Woodpecker - 7 Eastern Phoebe - 8 Horned Lark - 8 Blue Jay - 13 Am. Crow - 211 Carolina Chickadee - 105 Tufted Titmouse - 27 Red-br. Nuthatch - 2 Brown-headed Nuthatch - 7 Brown Creeper - 3 Carolina Wren - 39 Winter Wren - 28 House Wren - 10 Sedge Wren - 5 Golden-cr. Kinglet - 22 Ruby-cr. Kinglet - 4 E. Bluebird - 110 Hermit Thrush - 25 Am. Robin - 740 Gray Catbird - 16 N. Mockingbird - 18 Brown Thrasher - 8 Water Pipit - 16 Cedar Waxwing - 9 E. Starling - 726 Yellow-r. Warbler - 101 Pine Warbler - 9 Cm. Yellowthroat - 6 N. Cardinal - 92 E. Towhee - 27 Field Sparrow - 63 Savannah Sparrow - 53 Fox Sparrow - 1 Song Sparrow - 230 Swamp Sparrow - 155 White-throated Sparrow - 819 White-crowned Sparrow - 5 Dark-eyed Junco - 161 Red-winged Blackbird - 11,150 E. Meadowlark - 153 Rusty Blackbird - 51 Cm. Grackle - 70,000 Brown-h. Cowbird - 220 Purple Finch - 1 House Finch - 13 Am. Goldfinch - 49 House Sparrow - 114 95 species, nice day but no rarities. This is a great area for winter birding. Good seeing you at OC. Happy New Year! Mark L. Hoffman Sykesville, MD Mhoff36100@aol.com