Ralph: There was an earlier report of a Thick-billed Murre from Pt. Lookout State Park right around the first of January. That bird was never substantiated and Kyle Rambo, an excellent birder, had been covering the area extensively the same day for Xmas Count. The conditions were bad and he didn't see how anyone could have seen anything in the location indicated. However, it is possible that if there was a murre at Pt. Lookout (MD) it would have ended up at Kiptopeke. Who knows? Good Birding! Tyler Bell bell@acnatsci.org California, MD