Ospreyers, I had an especially nice walk around Clopper Lake in Seneca Creek State Park (Gaithersburg, MD) this morning and thought some of you who live in the area would be interested in stopping by. In the 4 hours I was out I saw a total of 50 (or 51) species (listed below). Pied-billed Grebe Double Crested Cormorant Great Blue Herons Canada Geese (the official bird of Montgomery County) Mallards (who do a great imitation of Burgess Meredith) American Wigeons (pair) Redheads (2 males- near dam) Ringnecks Lesser Scaup (a few) Buffleheads (pair) Common Mergansers (at least 3)\ Red-breasted Merganser (male) > Hooded Merganser (male) / Coots Ring-billed Gulls Turkey Vultures Black Vulture Red-shouldered Hawk (on nest- other side of Longdraft Rd) Cooper's Hawks (Accipiter vociferous- saw 2 together (a pair?)) Unidentified Raptor (Red-tail?) Mourning Doves Kingfishers Red-bellied Woodpeckers Downy Woodpeckers Sapsucker (female) Flicker Phoebes (3 or 4, a couple of them singing) Tree Swallow (first of the year at Clopper for me) Blue Jays American Crow Fish Crow Titmice Chickadees White-breasted Nuthatches Red-breasted Nuthatches (many) Brown Creeper Carolina Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet (heard only) Bluebirds Hermit Thrushes (3) Mockingbird Starlings (European) Yellow-rumped Warblers Cardinals Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrows Juncos Grackle Goldfinches House Finches (heard only) 2 joggers 0 birders besides me 0 Yellow-billed Loons Good birding to all! Andy Rabin Gaithersburg, MD andyrab@wam.umd.edu