This is the Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant report for Sunday, March 29, 1998. The observers were Gene Scarpulla and Debbie Terry. Observation: 0830-1245 Sunny, 80 degrees F. Double-crested Cormorant 63 Great Blue Heron 5 Canada Goose 12 (1 on nest) Wood Duck 2 (1 male, 1 female) Green-winged Teal 5 (2 male, 3 female) Mallard 10 American Wigeon 4 (2 male, 2 female) Hooded Merganser 2 (1 male, 1 female) Turkey Vulture 7 Bald Eagle 1 (immature) Cooper's Hawk 1 (adult) Red-shouldered Hawk 1 (adult) Red-tailed Hawk 3 (2 adult, 1 immature) American Kestrel 1 (male) *KILLDEER 3 (1 ON NEST WITH FOUR EGGS) *COMMON SNIPE 7 Laughing Gull 1 (breeding plumage) Bonaparte's Gull 300 Ring-billed Gull 19 Herring Gull 7 Great Black-backed Gull 1 Rock Dove + Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 1 (Yellow-shafted) Tree Swallow 1 American Crow + Fish Crow + Carolina Chickadee 1 Tufted Titmouse 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 Carolina Wren 2 American Robin 3 Northern Mockingbird 1 Brown Thrasher 1 European Starling + Pine Warbler 2 Northern Cardinal 4 Song Sparrow 5 White-throated Sparrow 2 Red-winged Blackbird + House Finch 4 American Goldfinch 1 Gene Scarpulla Towson, Maryland gscarp@erols.com