Belatedly, while I sit here watching a mini-blizzard, I can report that Bryan Blazie and I had 10-15 Tree Swallows in eastern Harford County on Saturday. The only other birds of note were 400 flyover Snow Geese, singing E. Meadowlarks, and Horned Larks in song flight. The spring peepers have been vocal for eight days not but I expect them to be quiet the rest of the week. Seems like winter has finally arrived. Rick "A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people." Thomas Mann Rick Blom rblom@blazie.com Bel Air, Maryland